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Title Statement | Six weeks by the sea: a novel / Paula Byrne. |
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Alternative Title(s) | 6 weeks by the sea |
Author | Byrne, Paula |
Publication | New York: Pegasus Books Ltd.,2025. |
Edition | First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
Extent of Item | 241 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781639369256 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07920334 |
Summary | "When Jane Austen hears the news that her family is to leave their beloved country home for the city of Bath, she faints with surprise and horror. But there is one compensation: the promise of a six-week holiday by the sea while their new lodgings are being prepared. She relishes the bracing air and beautiful surroundings, takes pleasure in sea bathing, and shares laughter with her sister Cassandra and best friend Martha Lloyd. To her joy, brother Frank arrives, fresh from naval exploits in the war against Napoleon. His friend Captain Parker seems to be making a play for Jane's affections, but her sharp emotional intelligence tells her that something is not quite right. Meanwhile, she assists the eccentric Reverend Swete in finding a home for his bi-racial granddaughter who has arrived from the West Indies. Jane initially takes against another visitor to the seaside resort of Sidmouth, the lawyer Samuel Rose, but as she gets to know him, a wholly different feeling begins to blossom ... "-- |
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By Topic | Man-woman relationships--Fiction |
By Name | Austen, Jane,1775-1817 |
By Location | Sidmouth (England)--Fiction--History--19th century |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
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