In the book (in a plot point that seems to be changed for the movie), Jane receives a trip to Austenland as an inheritance from her great aunt. I watched it and thought, "That's not what happened in the book!" So then I pulled the book up on my Kindle and read the entire thing in one night. Sure, it was fine, but it wasn't particularly compelling.įlash forward several months, when the trailer for the movie was released. After about 30 pages, I put it down, as I just wasn't too engaged in the story. One of the bloggers I follow mentioned she was reading it, and, as I'm a sucker for all things Austen, I thought it sounded good. My take: I bought Austenland well before I knew there was going to be a movie adaptation. 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. When a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-obsessed women, however, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. About the book (from Amazon): Jane is a young New York woman who can never seem to find the right man-perhaps because of her secret obsession with Mr.
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