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witty page-turning love letter to Austen's work." Publishers
Weekly Ghost BlogClarissa Curstable 1788-1850
I'm delighted that Clarissa Curstable, the gothic novelist (1755-1850)
has accepted my offer to blog on my website.
Writing Jane
Austen
Jane Austen for
the twenty-first century! Mayhem ensues when a struggling young writer
is chosen to complete an unfinished manuscript by a certain famous
novelist. . .
Critically acclaimed and
award-winning—but hardly bestselling—author Georgina Jackson can’t get
past the first chapter of her second book. When she receives an urgent
email from her agent, Georgina is certain it’s bad news.
Critically acclaimed and
award-winning—but hardly bestselling—author Georgina Jackson can’t get
past the first chapter of her second book. When she receives an urgent
email from her agent, Georgina is certain it’s bad news.
Shockingly, she’s offered a commission to complete a newly discovered manuscript by a major nineteenth-century author. Skeptical at first about her ability to complete the manuscript, Georgina is horrified to know that the author in question is Jane Austen.
Torn between pushing through or
fleeing home to America, Georgina relies on the support of her
banker-turned-science student roommate, Henry, and his quirky teenage
sister, Maud—a serious Janeite. With a sudden financial crisis looming,
the only way Georgina can get by is to sign the hugely lucrative
contract and finish the book.
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“No entertainment is so cheap as
reading, nor any pleasure so long lasting.”
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