Appropriately as we head into summer, the meeting topic will be Sanditon, Jane Austen's final, unfinished novel--set at a seaside resort still under development.
In some ways, Sanditon was a new departure from Jane Austen's earlier work; in others, it hearkened back to much earlier writings. What new and old themes was she taking on here? And how might she have completed the novel if she'd lived to finish it? (OK, we admit that Charlotte Heywood might not have been twisting the night away to the Beach Boys at the Sanditon tea rooms...) Come and share your ideas!
Reports from those who have read either of the two major modern completions of Sanditon (the ones "by Jane Austen and Another Lady" and by Juliette Shapiro) are also welcome.
If you're interested, in 2013, on my blog, I reviewed all the continuations of/homages to Sanditon that I could find. The first post in the series is here: http://www.deborahyaffe.com/blog/4586114521/Sanditon-Summer/5900343
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Deborah!
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