The Jane Austen Book Club - Hardcover

Fowler, Karen Joy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670915580 ISBN 13: 9780670915583

Publisher: Viking, 2004

Synopsis

Six people - five women and a man - meet once a month in California's Central Valley to discuss Jane Austen's novels. They are ordinary people, neither happy nor unhappy, but each of them is wounded in different ways, they are all mixed up about their lives and relationships. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable - under the guiding eye of Jane Austen a couple of them even fall in love...

'A thoroughly delightful comedy of contemporary manners' Entertainment Weekly

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Review:

'If I could eat this novel, I would' Alice Sebold
'This exquisite novel is bigger and more ambitious than it appears. It's that rare book that reminds us what reading is all about' New York Times

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'We defy you not to all head over heels for this lovely novel' Mail on Sunday

In California's Sacramento Valley, six people meet once a month to discuss Jane Austen's novels. They are ordinary people, neither happy nor unhappy, but all wounded in different ways, all mixed up about their lives and their relationships. Over the six months they meet marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and, under the guiding eye of Jane Austen, some of them even fall in love...

'Stylish, homely and deeply comforting' The Times

'Dangerously addictive' Elle

'Wonderful' Independent

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0670915580
• ISBN 13: 9780670915583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304