Jane Austen into Films
The Jane Austen Book Club
The Novel
The Jane Austen Book Club
It is a 2004 novel by American author Karen Joy Fowler. The story, which takes place over the course of several months near Sacramento, California, centres around a book club consisting of five women and one man who meet once a month to discuss Jane Austen's six novels. Each of the six chapters is dedicated to one of the six book club members as well as one of Austen's six works. In turn, each of Austen's novels parallels the individual characters' experiences with relationships and love.
It was a critical success and became a national bestseller.
A film adaptation of the same name was released in autumn of 2007.
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The Jane Austen Book Club: film adaptation
Sylvia's husband dumps her for another woman, so Bernadette and Jocelyn organize a book club to distract her. They recruit Sylvia's daughter Allegra; Prudie, a young teacher whose marriage may be on the rocks; and Grigg, a sci-fi fan who joins out of attraction to Jocelyn. The six read and discuss one Austen novel per month. Jocelyn tries to interest Grigg in Sylvia; Allegra falls in love with a woman she meets skydiving; Prudie contemplates an affair with a student; Sylvia's ex keeps popping up. In the discussions, characters reveal themselves in their comments. By the end, are truths universally acknowledged?
The Trailer
Our Jane Austen Book Club
So why not starting our own Jane Austen Book Club?
In the NOVELS section you will find the original novels by Austen as well as the full versions translated into Spanish. In class, however, we will be using the abridged and graded adaptations so that you can make progress with your English as you gain knowledge on Austen´s world.
