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by: Shannon Hale  List Price: $12.99 Amazon.com's Price: $10.39 You Save: $2.60 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9781596912861 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 1596912863 Label: Bloomsbury USA Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: May 27, 2008 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Release Date: May 27, 2008 Studio: Bloomsbury USA Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A big success in hardcover, this novel by New York Times bestselling author of Princess Academy is sure to find a new and substantial audience in paperback. Jane is a young New York woman who can never seem to find the right man—perhaps because of her secret obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. When a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-obsessed women, however, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined. Is this total immersion in a fake Austenland enough to make Jane kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own? Average Rating:
 Rating:  - "I can't do this!" "Yes I can!" "No, wait, I can't!"This book started out terribly; I exclaimed several times "this is horrible!" In the end, however, it did redeem itself somewhat, though it is still just an ok book. Much of the plot has to do with Jane vacillating back and forth between being able to fully participate in Austenland, and feeling stupid and NOT being able to do it. You think I'm kidding? A sampling: page 31: "She was ready to plunge." page 33: "Now that it came to it, she didn't know if she could role play with a straight ... Read More Rating:  - Finally!I've recently started to read "Jane Austen sequels" and this is one of the books that kept popping up, along with Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict. I read "Confessions..." first and was greatly disappointed. Then I picked up this one. As I mentioned in my review of "Confessions", this isn't exactly a "Jane Austen sequel" but I'm going to lump it into that category. The main character in this book goes on a vacation to an estate that essentially mirrors one in Austen's time (thankfully ... Read More Rating: - Sweet Respite from Grim RealityI love Jane Austen books and the movies that are inspired by her novels ... and when I was younger, I would have loved to live in those days of genteel lives. I am too jaded now to appreciate the wonder of those times (really love my modern comforts these days!). However, this book is a respite from everything that is going on. It's perfect for that but it is just a novel and not a very well-written one at that. I have wondered throughout the entire book just where it was going since it's not your typical ... Read More Rating: - Angieville: AUSTENLANDThis bittersweet, funny slim little novel is first and foremost a love letter to Jane Austen, despite its well-deserved (and hilarious) dedication to Colin Firth. For those of us who, like the novel's heroine Jane Hayes, have happily reread all of Austen's novels over the years (except, as Hale points out, Northanger Abbey (Vintage Classics), which only got that one read), this story is a pleasant romp in Austenland. I was pleased with the way Jane questioned what in the world she was doing at what amounts ... Read More Rating:  - Hale is Brilliant as EverAustenland is the story of Jane Hayes, "a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and a fabulous hairdo," who finds herself unmarried and harboring a dangerous obsession with the A&E production of Pride and Prejudice. Her aged great-aunt figures out Jane's little secret and leaves something special for Jane in her will: an all expense paid trip to Pembrook Park, Kent, England. At Pembrook Park, Austen's world comes alive with everyone taking on a different "character" and ... Read More 
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