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LOST IN AUSTEN: CREATE YOUR OWN JANE AUSTEN ADVENTURE |
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by Emma Campbell Webster
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Category: CHICK LIT
Publisher: Riverhead
Published: August 2007
Type: Chick Lit |
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Webster deftly stays true to the English romance genre perfected by Jane Austen in this contemporary ode. Using Austen's model, this page-turner challenges readers to perfect the rules of 19th-century society by keeping wit, social-climbing skills, matchmaking ability and wealth close at hand. The game may become tedious at times, but the interjection of famous Austen characters, locales and storytelling more than makes up for it. Readers will root for true love -- one serendipitous ending at a time.
Summary: Enter a world where dashing gents and virtuous ladies abound. You are Elizabeth Bennet and your goal is to find ultimate happiness. You meet pitfalls along the way: unsuitable suitors, backstabbing acquaintances and well-meaning but overzealous friends and family. Using your best attributes, you must find the right path.
What becomes of you is entirely up to you. Will you marry well or become the gossip of all of England? A cavalcade of Austen characters round out this novel to help you find true happiness. (Riverhead, Aug., 352 pp., $14.00)
—Lauren Brathwaite |
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