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Sanditon

By Jane Austen
Series: The Penguin English Library
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Sanditon is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen that explores the story of Charlotte Heywood and her visit to a developing seaside resort. Set in the fictional town of Sanditon, the narrative delves into themes of ambition, class distinctions, and romance, with a cast of intriguing characters driven by the prospects of transformation and modernity. Though the work remains incomplete, it offers a glimpse into Austen's wit and the social dynamics of her era.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate unfinished works by classic authors, as it offers a glimpse into Jane Austen's evolving themes of romantic intrigue and societal observation. Set in a developing seaside resort, it explores themes of ambition, class, and the complexity of human nature with Austen's characteristic wit and perceptiveness.

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A new Penguin English Library edition of Jane Austen's tantalising final work - set to be a major Andrew Davies ITV adaptation this autumn.

Written in the last months of Austen's life, Sanditon features a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators in a newly established seaside resort, and shows the author contemplating a changing society with scepticism and amusement. It tells the story of Charlotte Heywood, who is transported by a chance accident from her rural hometown to Sanditon, where she is exposed to the intrigues and dalliances of a small town determined to reinvent itself - and encounters the intriguingly handsome Sidney Parker.

This edition also includes the early epistolary novel Lady Susan and the delightful fragment The Watsons.

Series: The Penguin English Library

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Sanditon is often appreciated for its exploration of societal changes and character depth, although it remains unfinished. Readers commend Austen's wit and satirical edge in this novel. However, some note the abrupt ending due to its incomplete status, leading to mixed feelings about the overall experience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241433713

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 September 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 157g

Pages: 208

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Fiction General Fiction Jane Austen Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: The Penguin English Library

About the Author

Jane Austen, the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Hampshire in 1775, and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager, she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family's amusement, as well as a novella, Lady Susan. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed by Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma. Austen died in 1817, and Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818.

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