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| Original Title: | The Jane Austen Book Club |
| ISBN: | 0452286530 (ISBN13: 9780452286535) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Bernadette, Sylvia, Allegra, Jocelyn, Prudie, Grigg |
| Setting: | Davis, California(United States) |
Karen Joy Fowler
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.08 | 62789 Users | 4384 Reviews
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The Extraordinary New York Times BestsellerIn California's central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behavior and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships.
Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy.
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| Title | : | The Jane Austen Book Club |
| Author | : | Karen Joy Fowler |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | April 26th 2005 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published April 22nd 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Contemporary. Writing. Books About Books. Adult Fiction. Adult |
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Ratings: 3.08 From 62789 Users | 4384 ReviewsWrite-Up Epithetical Books The Jane Austen Book Club
Eeeeegaaaads....I love Jane Austen, so it's hard to claim I'm not terribly... shall we say... "girlie"? Still, I've not been one to join the bandwagon about such chick flicks that are often described as tear jerkers. I tried this book. Really, I did.I mean, theres nothing really wrong with it, the writing is good enough, but I cant seem to get excited about it in the least bit. Its a whole 175 pages long, which means I should have gotten through it in a couple of sittings. Instead, Im still onI've a notion someone told me this was a good book. They must have very different "good book" criteria from mine. I wasn't a bit impressed with it. It read to me like a chick-lit novel that was trying to be all Literary and Intellectual (and failing miserably).I might have quite liked to have read an unashamed chick-lit novel about some or all of the characters. But this book kept interrupting the interesting bits-about-the-characters (which were, in any case, flashbacks) with random
Although being a rather devoted fan of Karen Joy Fowler, I avoided reading this novel for years because I thought it would be a bit too light and fluffy for me. A good friend of mine with very discriminating taste recommended it to me, and I thought I would give it a go. I was very pleasantly surprised on many levels. This novel had a lot more meat than I expected (kind of ironic to say that being a long-term vegetarian). I am a huge fan of Jane Austen, finding her to be beyond brilliant as a
I just finished The Jane Austen Book Club. So good. I'm craving Jane Austen now. I just want to go through each novel in order. I just might. I can't decide. I am a quite reliable multi-tasker...If you love Jane Austen, I think you will really appreciate the book. Even if you don't love Jane Austen, I think you will appreciate the book and maybe come to appreciate Jane Austen more.It was really good. Four Hello Kittys.My favorite Jane Austen book is Pride and Prejudice. I heart Lizzy Bennet and
I was perusing movie trailers on my Mac last weekend and saw a cute title/trailer called The Jane Austen Book Club. The end of trailer announced, "Based on the best selling novel, The Jane Austen Book Club." I thought it would be fun to check out the book since I almost never see a movie until I can watch it via Netflix.I had hoped it would be a kind of "fun" read, especially since I am a Jane-ite. Unfortunately for me, it wasn't much fun. I actually found it a little tedious and the jumping
So disappointed. I wanted to like this but could never get into any of the characters or the stories they told. They are a mismatched bunch who all come together to read Jane Austin. Perhaps there should of been more Austin and less of these characters. Each book was suppose to relate or have particular meaning to one of the present day characters....or at least I think maybe that was the point? I really don't know as I never felt any type of flow. We learned odd stories of each characters
Underdeveloped plot, and underdeveloped characters - it seemed as though she just threw things in the story line as she wrote it. However there were some good bits - the Jane Austen Magic 8 ball was an original idea for one. I'd buy one.It was a good plot idea, I'll give her that, but I thought it was poorly executed. I think the thing that put off the most was how it was written - for the most part - in third person, yet there was an annoying constant use of 'we'.I thought the romance between
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