Austen at Sea
By (Author) Natalie Jenner
Center Point
Center Point
1st July 2025
Large Print Edition
United States
General
Fiction
Hardback
500
Width 154mm, Height 233mm
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....