The Jane Austen Society

The Jane Austen Society

2020 • 336 pages

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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 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. 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.

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Jane Austen Society is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Natalie Jenner.

The Jane Austen Society
Bloomsbury Girls
Every Time We Say Goodbye

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I loved this book. It felt like curling up next to a fire in the great house of an English village. The characters are superb, and their different storylines are woven together wonderfully. I wish this was a true story!

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