Jane Austen Out of the BlueTowards the end of January 1817 a lady novelist, less well-known then than she is now begins a novel on an unusual subject: the rise of 'Sanditon' as a sea-side resort. She dies with only a quarter of it written. What was going on in the writer's mind? What could have happened in her story next? Sanditon is a place where anyone (real or fictitious) may turn up for the water cure. They do! Karen Joy Fowler, author of 'The Jane Austen Book Club', is an admirer - sees Measham's novel as a 'passionate tribute to Austen' and recommends it 'whole-heartedly'. Fowler's review is available in full at: http: //www.jasna.org/bookrev/ |
Contents
Section 1 | 5 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 9 |
Section 4 | 15 |
Section 5 | 21 |
Section 6 | 43 |
Section 7 | 59 |
Section 8 | 79 |
Section 10 | 113 |
Section 11 | 129 |
Section 12 | 153 |
Section 13 | 173 |
Section 14 | 199 |
Section 15 | 219 |
Section 16 | 222 |
Section 17 | 223 |
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