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The Jane Austen society [CD] / Natalie Jenner.

By: Material type: SoundSoundPublisher: [New York] : Macmillan Audiobook, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 8 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9781250752192
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Cast: Read by Richard Armitage.Summary: Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists. Now it's home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy. These people, a laborer, a young widow, the local doctor, and a movie star, among others, could not be more different and yet they are united in their love for the works and words of Austen. As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Audiobook   Audiobook West Grey Durham Branch Shelves Fiction CD FIC JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Power Workers Union 2020 33321003181444
Total holds: 0

Duration: approximately 9 hrs., 55 mins.

Includes a bonus conversation between the author and Kathleen A. Flynn.

Read by Richard Armitage.

Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists. Now it's home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy. These people, a laborer, a young widow, the local doctor, and a movie star, among others, could not be more different and yet they are united in their love for the works and words of Austen. As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society.

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