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Natalie Jenner is the USA Today and #1 nationally bestselling author of THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY and BLOOMSBURY GIRLS, which were both Amazon Best Books of the Month, Indie Next Picks and People Magazine Books of the Week. THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY was the runner-up for best historical fiction in the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards and has been ...

There's also a revelation toward the end that, however stunning to devoted readers of the original, makes perfect sense. One of the noblest characters in American literature gets a novel worthy of him. Share your opinion of this book. In the insular post-World War Two gloom of an English village, seven damaged people soldier on, heartened ...

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Jane Austen fans, your next read is here. The Jane Austen Society is a celebration of Jane Austen and the human spirit as well as the power of books.Natalie Jenner's debut novel is a smart, cozy read - and just the book we all need right now, especially if you're a fan of Jane Austen or historical fiction books with literary style and Austenesque romances full of cerebral wit and kindred ...

While themes of loss and grief echo through The Jane Austen Society, they are answered with opportunities for redemption, delineated with tenderness and humor that strengthen the quiet joy of Ms. Jenner's story. The Jane Austen Society is a book that deserves to be read, savored, and then read again. 5 out of 5 Stars.

The Jane Austen Society is a paean to the power of literature and the positive impact reading can have on us in uncertain times. In telling this fictionalized account of the founding of the real Jane Austen Society, Jenner turns a keen, almost Austenesque eye on her characters, their interpersonal relationships and English village life in the early 1940s.

As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society. Book details: Genre: Historical Fiction, Austenesque Fiction. The Jane Austen Society: A Novel, by Natalie Jenner St. Martin's Press (May 26, 2020)

The Jane Austen Society, Natalie Jenner's debut novel, is precisely the kind of book I needed to read in this time of global anxiety and uncertainty. Loosely based on the founding of the first Jane Austen Society, the character-driven narrative follows a delightful group of "Janeites" (see Beyond the Book) as they bond over their love of all ...

Martin's Press. Rating: 4. Review: If you are a fan of Jane Austen — and I am, clearly — this book is going to be right up your alley. It takes some of the best parts of Jane Austen — the social mores, the small town life, the family drama — and twists it with some modern sensibilities. It is a small novel in scope, but sweeping in ...

Review: Charming, cosy, and quaint! The Jane Austen Society is a delightfully nostalgic, heartwarming tale that takes us to the small village of Chawton, England post-WWII and into the lives of an unusual, eclectic group of people that includes a farmer, a doctor, a former school teacher, a young maid, a solicitor, a movie star, an antique auctioneer, and a distant relative of Austen as they ...

The Jane Austen Society is the perfect book for quarantine, for unsettling times, for a quiet read, or for a virtual book club. Even better, it's everything a Jane Austen fan could wish for in historical fiction. If you like books about people who love books, people who gather to form societies to read and save old books, or books about England in the 1940s, then this is the book for you.

Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists. Now it's home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a ...

Book 3. Every Time We Say Goodbye. by Natalie Jenner. 3.79 · 354 Ratings · 247 Reviews · 9 editions. The bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society …. More. Want to Read. Rate it: The Jane Austen Society, Bloomsbury Girls, and Every Time We Say Goodbye (Jane Austen Society, #3)

Breathing new life into the world of a literary genius, The Jane Austen Societyis a celebration of the written word and its power to comfort and connect us. Only a few months after the end of the Second World War, a new battle is beginning in the little village of Chawton. Once the final home of Jane Austen, the Chawton estate is dwindling, and ...

The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner is a lovely novel about a group of wounded people coming together in a shared love of fiction. Join the Book Club Chat Newsletter. I have to disclose a fact: I'm not a Jane Austen stan. I haven't read her books since high school and while I enjoyed them, I've never revisited it in adulthood.

The Jane Austen Society… About the Book: It's only a few months since the war ended but the little village of Chawton is about to be hit by another devastating blow. The heart of the community, the Chawton estate, and site of Jane Austen's cherished former home, is in danger of being sold to the highest bidder.

An Amazon Best Book of May 2020: Fans of novels such as The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Lilac Girls, or The Chilbury Ladies' Choir should make sure to add The Jane Austen Society to their library. Set in the tiny village of Chawton, during and after World War II, it's a story about eight people from very different backgrounds—from a farm laborer to a movie starlet—who ...

With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy. These people—a laborer, a young widow, the local doctor, and a movie star, among others—could not be more different and yet they are united in their love for the works and words of Austen.

While The Jane Austen Society will be well received by Jane Austen fans, it might also create some new fans. Even though this isn't a retelling of a Jane Austen book, it still brings to light the joy that her works carry. It is definitely a book that draws on the power that being a fan has on ensuring the enduring appreciation of literary works through the ages.

The Jane Austen Society. Natalie Jenner, 2020. St. Martin's Press. 320 pp. ISBN-13: 9781250248732. Summary. Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen ...

Official Book Blurb of The Jane Austen Society By Natalie Jenner. Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists.

Natalie Jenner is the author of THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY (St. Martin's Press, May 2020), a fictional telling of the start of the society in the 1940s in the village of Chawton, where Austen wrote or revised her major works. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie graduated from the University of Toronto with degrees in English Literature ...

Editorial Reviews. 03/23/2020. In Jenner's delightful debut, a group of people are united by the goal of preserving an iconic literary figure. In post-WWII Chawton, England, farmer Adam Berwick embarks on a quest to honor the legacy of Jane Austen, seeking the help of his doctor, Benjamin Gray, to establish a museum in the cottage where Austen lived.

Most of The Jane Austen Society takes place in the 1940s, right after World War II. Given that it was a very different time, with very different attitudes, what aspect revealed in the novel seemed the most familiar to your experience? What seemed the most changed since that time? Mimi Harrison is in sharp contrast to the rest of the characters ...

Fashionable Goodness: Christianity in Jane Austen's England is now available! By JAW contributor Brenda S. Cox. See Review. Available from Amazon and Jane Austen Books. We also recommend JAW contributor Rachel Dodge's devotionals based on Jane Austen's prayers and classic literature. Reviews: Praying With Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of ...