![]() ![]() ![]() Protagonist Jane Hayes was inspired by a friend of the author's, as well as Hale herself. She drew upon her experience visiting the United Kingdom during college and trips touring Regency sites while writing Austenland. Once she came up with the idea of a modern-day immersion program into the Regency era, it became "a story wanted to tell" and one that took her seven years to write. Hale's favorite author as a teenager was Jane Austen. A film based on the first novel was released in 2013, starring Keri Russell and directed by Jerusha Hess. The novel is the first in Hale's Austenland series, followed by Midnight in Austenland. Her aunt dies and, in her will, leaves Jane a trip to an Austen theme park in the English countryside, where customers and actors role-play as characters in the Regency era. It follows protagonist Jane Hayes, a graphic designer living in New York City who is secretly obsessed with Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, specifically Colin Firth's portrayal of Mr. Austenland is a 2007 chick lit novel by Shannon Hale, published by Bloomsbury. ![]()
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