If you love “Pride and Prejudice”, watched the BBC version
or read the novel and love the story-then most likely you will like this
book. The story focuses around Jane, a
single 32 year old woman who has never had the best luck when it came to men
and has a secret obsession with Mr. Darcy who she measures every other guy up
to. When her great-aunt sends her on a 3
week vacation to “Austenland” Jane feels that this is her chance to once and
for all say good bye to her fantasy and move on in life. There she gets to live in 1816, dress up in
period clothing, participate in period activities, live under the rules of the
society at the time and play-act in her very own story and possibly “fall in
love.”
I enjoyed this novel from cover to cover. It was funny, some-what witty, and shows that
actually living life can be more enjoyable than living in a fantasy. I did not have high expectations for this
novel but I was pleasantly surprised.
The writing was great, character development at least on Jane was
fantastic. I liked how Hale kept you
guessing on what was real and what was fantasy all the way to the end. One of the aspects I loved the most was how
Hale wrote about the ex-boyfriends.
Instead of trying to fit them into the actual story, she introduced them
chronologically at the start of every chapter.
It gave great insight into why Jane acted the way she did, why she even
fantasized about Mr. Darcy and it was such a natural way to bring this
important part of the background into the story.
You do not necessarily have to know the story of “Pride and
Prejudice” to enjoy this book, but it does help to give more of an
understanding of the overall aspects of the story. Over-all a great little novel, you will not
regret picking up.
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