Barron, Stephanie
Summary: "May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript-about a baronet's daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain-cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a trial of the curative waters at Cheltenham Spa,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Crime 2022
Copies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: ""A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts." -Karen Joy Fowler For fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane. Whoever looked atan elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2020
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Summary: A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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Summary: What if, hidden in an old attic chest, Jane Austen's memoirs were discovered after hundreds of years? What if those pages revealed the untold story of a life-changing love affair? Jane Austen has given up her writing when, on a fateful trip to Lyme, she meets the well-read and charming Mr. Ashford, a man who is her equal in intellect and temperament. Inspired by the people and places around...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2010