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Austen at sea : [large print] a novel / Natalie Jenner.

Jenner, Natalie, (author.).

Summary:

"In Boston, 1865, Charlotte and Henrietta Stevenson, daughters of a Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice, have accomplished as much as women are allowed in those days. Chafing against those restrictions and inspired by the works of Jane Austen, they start a secret correspondence with Sir Francis Austen, her last surviving brother, now in his nineties. He sends them an original letter from his sister and invites them to come visit him in England. In Philadelphia, Nicholas and Haslett Nelson -- bachelor brothers, veterans of the recent Civil War, and rare book dealers -- are also in correspondence with Sir Francis Austen, who lures them, too, to England, with the promise of a never-before-seen, rare Austen artifact to be evaluated. The Stevenson sisters sneak away without a chaperone to sail to England. On their ship are the Nelson brothers, writer Louisa May Alcott, Sara-Beth Gleason -- wealthy daughter of a Pennsylvania state senator with her eye on the Nelsons -- and a would-be last-minute chaperone to the Stevenson sisters, Justice Thomas Nash."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9798891645523
  • Physical Description: 527 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes author's note with background information.
Regular print version previously published by: St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Subject:
Sisters > Fiction.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Correspondence.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 > Fiction.
Austen, Francis, Sir > Fiction.
Booksellers and bookselling > Fiction.
Transatlantic voyages > 19th century > Fiction.
Letters > Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) > History > 1865- > Fiction.
England > Fiction.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 20 of 22 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library LP FIC JENNER (Text) 36015000724407 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library LP FIC JENNER (Text) 36015000724464 Adult Large Print New Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library LP FIC JENNER (Text) 36015000724522 Adult Large Print Fiction Available -

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