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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The Jane Austen Society is character-driven historical fiction loosely based on the founding of the real first Jane Austen Society. It follows a group of people in post-World War II Chawton, England who are all dealing with losses and begin to find salvation in trying to preserve the cottage where Ms. Austen wrote and revised her work as a museum. This diverse group -- a widower doctor, a bachelor attorney, the daughter of a descendant of Jane Austen's brother, a reluctant farmer, a young teen forced to quit school and going into service at the Great House, a young, widowed teacher, an acclaimed Hollywood actress, and a Sotheby's auctioneer -- help each other to move on with their lives and share their love of all things Austen. The story is engaging, but the writing bogged down at times in internal monologues in the middle of a conversation that were distracting, a little too much telling rather than showing. Nevertheless, this novel is a tribute to the power of literature and a lovely exploration of the interpersonal relationships in this rural English village in the 1940s. Really about 3 and a half stars for me. ( ) I liked this book ok, in spite of my better judgement. It started out great---I could imagine beloved Chawton, the Cottage, the Great House, all the things that us Janeites are familiar with and love about Jane's village. Then the characters of Mimi and Jack were introduced and I was immediately turned off by their storyline. It seemed glaringly out of place with its vulgar language and crude scenes. On top of that, I wasn't sure how I felt about the made up family line and story of the acquisition of the Cottage---until a super fun regarding one of the characters twist made it great---then it fell flat when the group voted in a way I thought was ridiculous. It all ended well, the bad guys and good guys dispatched accordingly, and I came away feeling overall positive. But I wouldn't read it again. Warning: includes the obligatory raunchy sex scene and obligatory gay character that many of us are so sick of. I have a hard time believing these appeal to the "general market" when so many people are turned off by them... This book is only for die hard Jane Austen fans. Each of the characters is modeled after the iconic creations from Emma, Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice. Additionally, there are endless discussions about Austen’s life and heirs. Even though Author Natalie Jenner ties all the knots together by the time you have slogged through this endless novel, you'll still regret the reading experience. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Justo después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en el pequeño pueblo inglés de Chawton, un grupo inusual pero afín de personas se unen para intentar algo notable. Hace ciento cincuenta años, Chawton fue el último hogar de Jane Austen, una de las mejores novelistas de Inglaterra. Ahora es el hogar de unos parientes lejanos y su patrimonio en declive. Con la última parte del legado de Austen amenazado, un grupo de individuos dispares se unen para preservar tanto la casa de Jane Austen como su legado. Estas personas -un obrero, una viuda joven, el médico local y una estrella de cine, entre otros- no podían ser más diferentes y, sin embargo, están unidas en su amor por las obras y palabras de Austen. A medida que cada uno de ellos soporta su propia lucha silenciosa con la pérdida y el trauma, algunos de la guerra reciente, otros de tragedias más distantes, se reúnen para crear la Sociedad Jane Austen. Una novela poderosa y conmovedora que explora las tragedias y triunfos de la vida, tanto grandes como pequeñas, y la humanidad universal en todos nosotros, La sociedad Jane Austen de Natalie Jenner está destinada a resonar entre los lectores en los próximos años. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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