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The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen:
A Novel by a Gentleman Volume I
by Collins Hemingway
Everyone should marry once for love – Even Jane Austen
Jane
Austen, single and seemingly comfortable in the role of clergyman’s daughter
and aspiring writer in the early 1800s, tells friends and family to hold out
for true affection in any prospective relationship. Everybody, she says, has a
right to marry once in their lives for love.
But
when, after a series of disappointing relationships, the prospect of true love
arrives for her, will she have the courage to act? The Marriage of Miss Jane
AUsten re-imagines the life of England’s archetypal female by exploring what
might have happened if she had ever married. It shows how a meaningful, caring
relationship would have changed her as a person and a writer.
It
also takes her beyond England’s tranquil country villages and plunges her info
what the Regency era was really about: great explorations and scientific
advances, political foment, and an unceasing, bloody war.
In
such times, can love—can marriage—triumph?
Praise
“What if Austen, who penned so many classic love
stories, found her own romantic match? Ashton Dennis fits right into the Austen
universe, while this Jane remains true to life, an intelligent and determined
young woman. The writing is Austen-ian, and Hemingway has a talent for witty
banter and wry observations that would make Elizabeth Bennet proud. An
enjoyable first novel in an imaginative, well-researched series.”
Kirkus
Reviews
“All readers of Jane Austen wonder what Jane’s life
might have been like had she married, or had money. The Marriage of Miss Jane
Austen explores these intriguing possibilities. It also depicts Austen in a
rapidly changing world, connecting her to important aspects of the era-war,
slavery, indistralization, and new modes of travel. Heminghway’s book raises
many ‘what if’s’ in his thoughtful and thought-provoking portrayal of Jane
Austen falling in love.” Susannah Fullerton,
author of A Dance with Jane Austen and Happily Ever After: Celebrating Jane
Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
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About the author
Whether his subject is literature, history, or
science, Collins Hemingway has a passion for the art of creative investigation.
For him, the most compelling fiction deeply explores the heart and soul of its
characters, while also engaging them in the complex and often dangerous world
in which they have a stake. He wants to explore all that goes into people’s
lives and everything that makes tThe hem complete though fallible human beings.
His fiction is shaped by the language of the heart and an abiding regard for courage
in the face of adversity.
As a nonfiction book author, Hemingway has worked
alongside some of the world’s thought leaders on topics as diverse as corporate
culture and ethics; the Internet and mobile technology; the ins and outs of the
retail trade; and the cognitive potential of the brain. Best known for the #1
best-selling book on business and technology, Business @ the Speed of Thought,
which he coauthored with Bill Gates, he has earned a reputation for tackling
challenging subjects with clarity and insight, writing for the nontechnical but
intelligent reader.
Hemingway has published shorter nonfiction on topics
including computer technology, medicine, and aviation, and he has written
award-winning journalism.
Published books include The Marriage of Miss Jane
Austen trilogy, Business @ the Speed of Thought, with Bill Gates, Built for
Growth, with Arthur Rubinfeld, What Happy Companies Know, with Dan Baker and
Cathy Greenberg, Maximum Brainpower, with Shlomo Breznitz, and The Fifth Wave,
with Robert Marcus.
Hemingway lives in Bend, Oregon, with his wife, Wendy.
Together they have three adult sons and three granddaughters. He supports the
Oregon Community Foundation and other civic organizations engaged in
conservation and social services in Central Oregon.
For more information please visit Collins Hemingway’s website and blog. You can also find him on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Goodreads.
The Marriage of Miss Jane Austen: A
Novel by a Gentleman Volume I
by Collins Hemingway
Publication Date: June 20, 2015
AuthorHouse
Hardcover, Paperback, & eBook
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Genre: Historical Fiction
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