Description
Description
For readers of Waiting for Tom Hanks and Well Met, a "gloriously satisfying" (Glamour) romantic comedy set at a Jane Austen fantasy resort from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale. Now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell and produced by Stephenie Meyer.
Jane Hayes is a young New Yorker with a real romantic problem: no man she meets can compare to her one true love--Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort for Austen fanatics, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined. Dressed in empire waist gowns and torn between a sexy gardener and an actor playing the brooding Darcy role, Jane finds herself mastering the rules of etiquette and of the resort's flirtatious games. But when it's time to bid Austenland goodbye, can Jane really leave her fantasies--and the two men who've played into them--behind? In this addictive, charming, and entirely delightful story, Shannon Hale brings out the Jane Austen obsessive in all of us.
About the Author
About the Author
Shannon Hale is the New York Times bestselling author of over fifty books, which have sold more than fifteen million copies in North America and been translated into dozens of languages worldwide. Austenland was her first novel about Pembrook Park and its regulars, followed by Midnight in Austenland and Christmas in Austenland. With director Jerusha Hess, Shannon co-wrote the screenplay to the film Austenland, starring Keri Russell and Jennifer Coolidge. Her novels for young readers include The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days, and Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy. She has co-created many graphic novels, such as the Friends series of memoirs (with LeUyen Pham), the Dream On series (with Marcela Cespedes), Eisner nominee Rapunzel's Revenge (with Dean Hale and Nathan Hale), and Princess Academy: the Graphic Novel (with Victoria Ying). She is also the co-creator of the popular chapter book series The Princess in Black (with Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham) and the bestselling Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn picture books (with LeUyen Pham). Shannon lives in Utah, where she shares a home with her kindhearted husband, four magnificent children, two ridiculous cats, and a glorious number of books.
www.shannonhale.com
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Funny, moving, and a real surprise" --USA Today
"Gloriously satisfying." --Glamour "Adorable! This is the best tribute to obsessed Austen freaks (like me) that I've ever read." --Stephenie Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of the Twilight series "An utterly enjoyable tribute." --Miami Herald "An homage to Austen. . . . Austenland offers hope that after years of fruitless searching for a companion, just when you're ready to give up on love, it will find you on its own." --Houston Chronicle
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