5/20/2023 0 Comments Wonderland book steven johnsonTaking on the pseudonym Miss Erstwhile, Jane becomes acquainted with the entire cast in residence: Mrs. What she discovers is a unique establishment where middle aged women pay extravagant sums of money to be courted by Regency gentlemen (played by actors with English accents and sideburns). Darcy and move on with her life, Jane decides to accept Great-Aunt Carolyn’s gift and go to Pembrook Park as part of her therapy. Jane receives a non-refundable, all-expenses-paid, three week trip to Pembrook Park, a sort of theme park in England designed to give visitors the Jane Austen experience. Determined to “get over” Mr. Her Great-Aunt Carolyn finds out about Jane’s guilty secret and, when she dies, leaves Jane a very unusual bequest in her will. It’s an obsession that keeps her from finding the right man in real life, despite the thirteen-or-so boyfriends she’s had over the years. Darcy, to be specific, the Colin Firth BBC version of Mr. emancipating myself from reading exclusively historical fiction) and so I decided to take the plunge and read *gasp* a contemporary novel, one that could even be classified as “chick lit.” I’m trying to be more eclectic with my reading this year (i.e. Recently, one of the book blogs that I frequent recommended Austenland, by Shannon Hale.
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