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The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399151613
- ISBN 13
- 9780399151613
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
NY: A Marian Wood Book/G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Like New. First edition. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. SIGNED by Karen Joy Fowler on the title page in black ink. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips. Faint small pen mark on mid front board otherwise boards are clean and unmarred. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, embossed seal or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust Jacket is unclipped ($23.95) and fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. This book became a breakout hit and went through multiple printings almost immediately.
In California's central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behavior and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships.
In California's central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behavior and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships.
Synopsis
The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2004 novel by American author Karen Joy Fowler. The story, which takes place near Sacramento, California, centers around a book club consisting of five women and one man who meet once a month to discuss Jane Austen's six novels. 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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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2317
- Title
- The Jane Austen Book Club
- Author
- Karen Joy Fowler
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399151613
- ISBN 13
- 9780399151613
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; Signed Books;
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