More specifically, the dripping wet version of Mr. Not everything is what it seems, though.Īustenland's story stems from Jane's (and a good half of the world's population's, give or take a billion) obsession with Austen's classic bad boy: Mr. As Jane discovers, Austenland is replete with Regency romance, ballroom dancing, and enough Jane Austen references to fill a Brit Lit course. The plot centers on one New York City resident, Jane Hayes, who is lucky enough to visit this magical fantasyland. The 2007 book Austenlandwas written by Newberry Medal-winning author Shannon Hale (who is Stephenie Meyer's BFF!). Beautiful land in the English countryside, complete with well-kept gardens and majestic homes, to be exact. Austenland is what you get when you combine Jane Austen-author extraordinaire of Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, and the book that launched a thousand mini-series: Pride and Prejudice-with, well, land. Okay, we'd stay away from a Hunger Games resort (probably more of a "death trap" than a "resort"), but who wouldn't want to attend a party at a Gatsby-style theme park? We've already hit Harry Potter Land and that decaying Bible park, but we've still got a ton of books to go. We've always wanted to go a resort based on each of our favorite books.
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