Jane in Love by Rachel Givney

Jane in Love

A Novel

Rachel Givney

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 27, 2020

"Artfully written and engaging, Jane in Love is a lively effusion of wit and humor."—Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project A charming, romantic debut novel in which Jane Austen, heralded author, ends up time-traveling almost 200 years in the future.

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Who it’s for
Jane Austen’s time-slip romance pairs period wit with questions of love and literary legacy.
Themes
Romantic love, Artistic ambition, Legacy and personal choice
Genres
Time-Travel Romance, Regency Romance, Retellings & Pastiche

About this book

"Artfully written and engaging, Jane in Love is a lively effusion of wit and humor."—Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project A charming, romantic debut novel in which Jane Austen, heralded author, ends up time-traveling almost 200 years in the future. There she finds the love she's written about and the destiny she's dreamed of...but is it worth her legacy? Bath, England, 1803.

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At 28, Jane Austen prefers walking and reading to balls and assemblies; she dreams of someday publishing her carefully crafted stories. Already on the shelf and in grave danger of becoming a spinster, Jane goes searching for a radical solution—and as a result, seemingly by accident, time-travels. She lands in... Bath, England, present day. The film set of Northanger Abbey. Sofia Wentworth is a Hollywood actress starring in a new period film, an attempt to reinvent her flagging career and, secretly, an attempt to reinvent her failing marriage. When Sofia meets Jane, she marvels at the young actress who can’t seem to "break character," even off set. And Jane—acquainting herself with the horseless steel carriages and seriously shocking fashion of the twenty-first century— meets Sofia, a woman unlike anyone she’s ever met before. Then she meets Fred, Sofia’s brother, who has the audacity to be handsome, clever, and kind-hearted. What happens when Jane, against her better judgement, falls in love with Fred? And when Sofia learns the truth about her new friend Jane? And worst of all, if Jane stays with Fred, will she ever achieve her dream, the one she's now seen come true?

Austen Out of Time

Jane Austen’s time-slip romance pairs period wit with questions of love and literary legacy.

Come here for

  • A playful Austen-shaped detour into romance, time travel, and literary ambition.

Expect

  • A lively clash between Regency expectations and the startling modern world.
  • Love complicates the choice between a dreamed-of future and a lasting legacy.

Where it sits

Time-Travel Romance87%
Retellings & Pastiche49%
Regency Romance38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • American Plays
  • Plays by Women
  • Fantasy Romance
  • Regency Romance
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  • Time-Travel Romance
  • Sci-Fi Romance
  • Romantic Comedy
  • Royal Romance
Authors
Rachel Givney
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 27, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Romantic love · Artistic ambition · Legacy and personal choice
Reading lane
American Plays