Jane Austen's The Watsons
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Jane Austen's The Watsons
Narrated by:
Cerris Morgan-Moyer
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Narrated by:
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Cerris Morgan-Moyer
The unsung heroine of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons is a privileged girl living with her wealthy aunt and uncle absent any meaningful contact with her birth family. Then her life abruptly gets turned upside down: Her uncle dies, and her aunt remarries unwisely, which means she must return to Wiltshire and rejoin the greater Watson clan. There, she becomes an object of desire for the most eligible bachelor in the county, the proud Lord Osborne . . . but her own fascination alights upon Mr. Howard, the local clergyman. In the hundred pages Austen wrote before abandoning the novel, she asks: Can the youngest Watson sister afford to neglect the fortunes of her struggling family to truly follow her heart?
But Austen never completed this book—and therefore, her devoted fans have never discovered the answer, leaving the heroine’s fate undefined and open to speculation. Until now, as bestselling author Claudia Gray expands this story into a vivid tale of love, sorrow, social class, honor, and, as in any Austen novel, the ways these all become intertwined for a young woman in Regency-era England. Transforming The Watsons from an unpolished draft into a riveting ensemble novel filled with romance, humor, and social commentary, Gray recaptures the spirit of Austen’s most enigmatic story.
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Critic reviews
“Regency readers, rejoice! Infamously unfinished Jane Austen novel The Watsons has been at long-last completed by the deft and caring hands of Claudia Gray! Perfectly capturing Austen’s signature wit and exquisitely torturous slow burn romantic yearning, Gray’s prose sparkles and is sure to delight.”
—Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Child
“To read The Watsons is to see a master at work. Claudia Gray is a worthy heir to Austen's legacy.”
—TJ Alexander, author of Lambda Literary Award winner A Gentleman’s Gentleman
—Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Thirteenth Child
“To read The Watsons is to see a master at work. Claudia Gray is a worthy heir to Austen's legacy.”
—TJ Alexander, author of Lambda Literary Award winner A Gentleman’s Gentleman
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