The Jane Austen Book Club
Books | Fiction / Literary
2.9
(106)
Karen Joy Fowler
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA book club discuss the works of Jane Austen and experience their own affairs of the heart in this charming “tribute to Austen that manages to capture her spirit” (The Boston Globe).In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behavior and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships.Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy.
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Author
Karen Joy Fowler
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2005-04-26
ISBN
0452286530 9780452286535
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"A delightful series of character sketches with an almost invisible dusting of plot waves vaguely over the pot. A contrived premise that could have been great, as I love the author’s voice, but simply wasn’t."
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Teresa Prokopanko
"<br/> <br/> Meh."
Shannon LaBay
"This was a good book to read on a trip: interesting but by no means riveting. I liked how the story was broken up but I wish there was a little more Austen!"
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Allie Peduto
"This is a lighthearted and creative twist on the themes of each book by Jane Austen. The current day friends discuss regency era relationships as they live our the same scenarios they read about. A lovely book about friendship, tragedy, and love. "
Ann Cote'
"Made me want to reread the Austen novels myself!"
Stephanie Orkand