Book Review: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner

Title: The Jane Austen Society

Author: Natalie Jenner
Pages:  320 pages

Published May 26th 2020 by St. Martin's Press

Source: NetGalley

GoodReads Description: "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."

A magical little book that transports you to a lovely time and place!

I loved this book and its peaceful little village so much, it is hard to explain!  It was like the quaint little village in the BBC series Father Brown... but without all the murder.  It's like Downton Abbey... on a smaller scale.  It's like Austen... 100 years later.  It was fun and literary and lovely!  

This book is a fictionalized account of the Jane Austen Society.  A historical society that set about putting together a museum for Jane Austen in one of the houses she lived in.  They gave all of us Austen fans a place to dream of visiting!  

This book really made me realize how much her books can mean to people and how they can bring us together.  In history, she really was an important figure and how great of those involved to help preserve her legacy.

Heart-warming and sweet.  This book was just what I needed right now.

Story: 5

Characters: 5

Overall: 5 Stars!! 

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

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