Austenland
2007 • 208 pages

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Jane Hayes's adoration of all things Jane Austen is complicating her love life. Determined to be the heroine of her own story, Jane spends her life savings on a trip to Austenland, an eccentric Austen-inspired resort, where she meets two very different gentlemen, but has a difficult time determining where fantasy ends and real life, and maybe even love, begins.

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2 primary books

#1 in Austenland

Austenland is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Shannon Hale.

#1
Austenland
#2
Midnight in Austenland

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Similar, but not as appealing to me as Me and Mr. Darcy, although Hale seems to be marketed as a more literary author. Still worth a read if you like the Jane Austen paraliterature.

DNF at 22%. Frankly, I enjoyed the movie more. The protagonist is an Austen fangirl who seems to reinforce all the worst stereotypes of being an Austen fangirl: obsessive, and ashamed of liking Austen. Miss Charming was insufferable, and overall I just found it boring.

yeah shut up I needed to pad out my reading challenge



also the movie is better


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