![]() ![]() Sir Edward Denham's introduction was fun too - he's basically a man who's read too many trashy novels and decided he's got all the equipment to be a rake and a seducer. And I knew exactly the sort of person Lady Denham was. Jane Austen, like in Emma, lets her characters talk a lot, so you get the gist of their personalities without any other comment. My favourite character was Lady Denham, a twice widowed seventy-year old whose heirs are clamouring for her favour, and who is actually mean with money. Parker's passion is the seaside resort of Sanditon, and he invites Charlotte to return with them - and so her adventure begins. and Mrs Parker meeting with the heroine, twenty-two year old Charlotte Heywood and her family. ![]() The story starts with a carriage being overturned on the road, and it's inhabitants, Mr. It's set in a seaside town, her characters are a different sort of circle than in her previous books, and it feels more modern. But different! It's set later, after the battle of Waterloo, and it's peacetime. Jane Austen had begun work on the novel during the months before her death, but had she ever finished it, I honestly think it would've been as good as her others. I wanted to keep reading - we'd just had a taster of the primary characters and only heard about others. ![]() An unfinished story is always going to be annoying, but this was really annoying. I picked up a copy of Sanditon, to read the original - or what there is of it - and it was actually really good. ![]()
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