Jane is a young New York woman who can never seem to find the right man-perhaps
because of her secret obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the
BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. When a wealthy relative bequeaths her a t
rip to an English resort catering to Austen-obsessed women, however, Jane's fant
asies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real tha
n she ever could have imagined.
Is this total immersion in a fake Austenland
enough to make Jane kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams
actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own? In this addictive, charming and co
mpassionate story, Shannon Hale brings out the Jane Austen obsessive in all of u
s.
