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Description edit
In Midnight in Austenland, Shannon Hale takes us back to Pembrook Park, the lovely English resort where women can play out their Jane Austen fantasies. But this time things take a turn for the Gothic: a little Northanger Abbey infusing our Mansfield Park.
Charlotte Kinder of Ohio is... read more
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Characters edit
- Mrs. Wattlesbrook: Owner of Pembrook Park, an Austen based fantasy vacation location.
- Charlotte Kinder: The main character. A divorcee who goes to Austenland to learn to love again. She is...nice.
- Mr. Wattlesbrook: The estranged husband of Mrs. Wattlesbrook
- Mary: Charlotte's maid at Austenland.
- Mr. Thomas Mallery: One of the male actors at Austenland.
- Mr. Edmund Grey: Also known as Eddie. One of the male characters at Austenland. Real name is Reginald.
- Elizabeth Charming: A long term guest at Austenland. What-What. She is a divorcee that finds her escape in Austen's world.
- Lydia Gardenside: The name chosen by a guest at Pembrook Park. She is a celebrity, but wants to remain anonymous.
- Neville: The butler of Pembrook Park.
- James Kinder: Charlotte's Ex-husband. Married to Justice.
- Beckett: Charlotte's son.
- Lu: Charlotte's teenage daughter.
- Colonel Andrews: One of the male actors at Pembrook Park.
- Justice: Charlotte's ex-husband's new wife.
- Mary: Maid at Pembrook Park.
Quotes edit
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“Here's the thing about home: you can create it most anywhere, as long as you gather your people around you.”
Charlotte Kinder -
“Being single was ridiculous, with all its demands of blind dating and stock taking and hair doing.”
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“In movies, we are accustomed to seeing handsome actors. It's so commonplace on the screen, large or small, that we barely note it as extraordinary. But in life, rarely do we encounter an onslaught of beauty, enter a hive of handsomeness, find ourselves awash in an ocean of attractiveness, drowning ni a miasma of hotness.”
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“Charlotte had never used that word before-- "settee." But in Austenland, settees were prolific. There seemed to be a virtual herd of them in the house, reproducing like bunnies.”
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“James had thought that putting blinds on the windows facing the fenced in backyard was pointless, but really, people can climb a fence. Peeping Toms, burglars, serial killers--all excellent fence climbers.”
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First Sentence edit
No one who knew Charlotte Constance Kinder since her youth would suppose her born to be a heroine.
Table of Contents edit
Prologues
Austenland, Day 1
Home, before
Home, three years before
Home, last December
Home, before
Home, twenty-nine years before
Home, ten months before
Home, eleven months before
Home, before
Home, the previous two years
Home, over a year before
Home, years before
Home, six months before
Home, before
Home, thirty one years before
Home, last year
Home, present
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shannon Hale (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 31, 2012
ISBN: 978-1608196258
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 31, 2012
ISBN: 978-1608196258
Page Count: 288
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3608.A54584M53 2012
- Dewey: 813
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