Jane Austen Book Club: The Watsons & Emma Watson

Saturday, October 16
Start Time: 2:00 PM

The group will discuss The Watsons & Emma Watson by Jane Austen and Joan Aiken at today's meeting. The book includes the unfinished fragment of a Jane Austen novel and a completion of the novel written by a contemporary author.

Membership is free and new members are always welcome. For more information, please call 315-228-7480.

Copies of the book will be available at a 10% discount in the Bookstore and online by clicking HERE.

About the book:
Jane Austen wrote the untitled fragment that was later called "The Watsons" in 1803-5, and it was published posthumously in 1871. Joan Aiken, well known for her Jane Austen sequels and children's books, finishes the fragment, introducing a new hero and continuing where Jane Austen left off.

Emma Watson returns home after 14 years spent with a beloved aunt, whose re-marriage has caused a significant change in Emma's circumstances. Used to a life of ease, warmth and intelligence, Emma is thrust back into a home where, with one exception, her sisters are petty and jealous, if not vulgar, her father is ill and weak, and her brothers are not men of fine minds. This is a poignant exploration of a young lady's endurance in the face of reduced circumstances.