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Sanditon

Based on the manuscript Jane Austen wrote in the months before her death, "Sanditon" tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited, and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming (and slightly wild) Sidney Parker. When a chance accident transports h...

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Main Authors: Riordan, Kate (Author), Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 (Author)
Other Authors: Davies, Andrew (writer of foreword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019.
Edition:First US edition.
Subjects:
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817 > Adaptations.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Marriage > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Betrayal > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > George III, 1760-1820 > Fiction.
England > Social life and customs > Fiction.
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Summary:Based on the manuscript Jane Austen wrote in the months before her death, "Sanditon" tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited, and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming (and slightly wild) Sidney Parker. When a chance accident transports her from her rural hometown of Willingden to the would-be resort of Sanditon, she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of romance, betrayal, and changing alliances--where nobody in Sanditon is quite as they seem.
Item Description:"Based on Andrew Davies' TV adaptation of Jane Austen's unfinished novel"--Front cover.
"Jane Austen & Kate Riordan ; with a foreword by Andrew Davies"-- Front cover.
"First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Trapeze"--Verso of title page.
"This book is published to accompany the television series entitled Sanditon"--Verso of title page.
Physical Description:viii, 383 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9781538734681
1538734680
Author Notes:Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41.

Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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