The Watsons and Sanditon

Review "Even Austen's unfinished novels will excite her fans. In 'The Watsons, ' abandoned after five chapters, Emma Watson returns to her widowed father and crude siblings after being raised in refinement by a wealthy aunt. Austen died after completing eleven chapters of 'Sanditon'...Anna Bentinck['s] impersonations are the best part of both books." --"AudioFile" Product Description One abandoned, one unfinished, these short works show Jane Austen equally at home with romance and with social change. In The Watsons, Mr. Watson is a widowed clergyman with four daughters in search of a husband or two. In Sanditon, Mr. Parker hopes to turn a fishing village into a stylish seaside resort. In true Austen fashion, these tales are touching, funny, charming, and sharp. About the Author Jane Austen (1775-1817) is considered by many scholars to be the first great woman novelist. Born in Steventon, England, she later moved to Bath and began to write for her own and her family's amusement. Her novels, set in her own English countryside, depict the daily lives of provincial middle-class families with wry observation, a delicate irony, and a good-humored wit.