Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict is about an L. A. woman, Courtney Stone, who after a bad breakup with her fiance, and a big fight with her best friend, drowns her sorrows in a Jane Austen novel, then wakes up in the Regency era in the body of someone named Jane Mansfield. The writing is in the first person present tense so the reader experiences Courtney/Jane's confusion at the same time she does.
I was a little afraid this book was going to be somewhat dry and rely more on facts than plot, but I was quite happy to find that this was not the case. There is quite a bit of humor in here and an enjoyable heroine, and the research is reflected in the descriptions of the surroundings, but doesn't bog down the story.
I just found out that there is a companion book coming out - with Jane taking Courtney's place in modern day L.A - Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict. That book comes out May 2009 according to Amazon.
I was a little afraid this book was going to be somewhat dry and rely more on facts than plot, but I was quite happy to find that this was not the case. There is quite a bit of humor in here and an enjoyable heroine, and the research is reflected in the descriptions of the surroundings, but doesn't bog down the story.
I just found out that there is a companion book coming out - with Jane taking Courtney's place in modern day L.A - Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict. That book comes out May 2009 according to Amazon.
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