The Jane Austen Society / Natalie Jenner.
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TextPublisher: London : Orion, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 309 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781409194101Subject(s): Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Fiction | Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Fiction | Chawton House -- Fiction | Jane Austen Society -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction | Women authors -- 18th century -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- Fiction | Clubs -- Fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Books and reading -- Fiction | Communities -- England -- Chawton -- Fiction | Chawton (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction | Chawton (England) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Historical fiction.DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: Can a village in need, find hope after the devastation of war? This is a fictional telling of the start of the society in the 1940s in the village of Chawton, where she lived. There are eight main characters, all of whom are obsessed with Austen and conspire to create the society and turn the Austen cottage into a museum in her honour: a WWII war widow, a farmer, a village doctor, a local solicitor, a house-girl in the Knight estate, the anticipated heiress of that estate, an employee of Sotheby's, and a Hollywood actress. Multiple social, romantic, and cultural collisions ensue. Jenner brings all of these disparate characters vividly to life, and you'll root for all of them to find their own happiness.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111079812598 |
Can a village in need, find hope after the devastation of war? This is a fictional telling of the start of the society in the 1940s in the village of Chawton, where she lived. There are eight main characters, all of whom are obsessed with Austen and conspire to create the society and turn the Austen cottage into a museum in her honour: a WWII war widow, a farmer, a village doctor, a local solicitor, a house-girl in the Knight estate, the anticipated heiress of that estate, an employee of Sotheby's, and a Hollywood actress. Multiple social, romantic, and cultural collisions ensue. Jenner brings all of these disparate characters vividly to life, and you'll root for all of them to find their own happiness.
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