The Man Who Loved Jane Austen
When New York artist Eliza Knight buys an old vanity table one lazy Sunday afternoon, she has no idea of its history. Tucked away behind the mirror are two letters. One is sealed; the other, dated May 1810, is addressed to 'Dearest Jane' from 'F. Darcy' - as in Fitzwilliam Darcy, the fictional...
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When New York artist Eliza Knight buys an old vanity table one lazy Sunday afternoon, she has no idea of its history. Tucked away behind the mirror are two letters. One is sealed; the other, dated May 1810, is addressed to 'Dearest Jane' from 'F. Darcy' - as in Fitzwilliam Darcy, the fictional hero of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". Could one of literature's most compelling characters been a real person? More intriguing still, scientific research testing proves that the second, sealed letter was written by Jane herself. Caught between the routine of her present life and these incredible discoveries from the past, Eliza decides to look deeper and is drawn to a majestic, 200-year-old estate in Virginia's breathtaking Shenandoah Valley. There she meets the man who may hold the answer to this extraordinary puzzle. Now, as the real story of Fitzwilliam Darcy unfolds, Eliza finds her life has become a modern-day romance, one that perhaps only Jane herself could have written.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780758210388 (0758210388)
Publish date: January 1st 2009
Publisher: Kensington
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Historical Romance,
Contemporary Romance,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Time Travel,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Series: The Man Who Loved Jane Austen (#1)
I did not held very high expectations towards this book. I don't know why. Maybe it was the cover, or the name of the book, or just the fact that I knew that this book is one of those time travelling books. I was happily suprised after I finished with this book.The heroine of the book, Eliza, is an ...
This is about a man who has gone back in time. Jane's family takes care of him and he falls in love with Jane Austen herself. She sends him back to his own time when they figure out how. He doesn't want to go but she makes him and then all the sudden she writes about Mr. Darcy could this have bee...