Jane Austen Society of North America-- New Jersey Region

I'm happy to announce that we are working with Elsa Solender to come to one of our meetings and present her talk "Jane Austen's Romantic Career."


Jane Austen in Love: An Entertainment
By Elsa A Solender
An Amazon Kindle E-book - $8.99
Fall in love with the gentleman at Sidmouth who won Jane Austen's heart, as Elsa Solender fills in the blanks of Jane Austen's romantic “career.” In this continuation of her prize winning short story, Austen enthusiasts will find the known facts of Austen’s life meticulously brought to life in a narrative that is rich in elegant Austenian turns of phrase and references. The rest of the story— as it might have happened— is told by the only possible narrator, one who knew Jane Austen intimately enough to dare to enter her consciousness and reveal missing and hidden details with a persuasive touch of the novelist’s own wit, style and insight. Sometimes poignantly, sometimes ironically, readers meet colorful characters as they educate, inspire and amuse the creator of six of the world’s most memorable novels. Finally, in her biographical “entertainment,” Solender gives Jane Austen the gift of a true love worthy of her genius.

Past president of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Elsa Solender worked as a journalist, editor and college teacher before turning to fiction. Her writing has appeared in a wide variety of publications including The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun and Persuasions, the Journal of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She was a prize-winner in the first Chawton House Library Jane Austen Story Contest, the only American whose work was included in the anthology of top 20 stories (Dancing with Mr. Darcy). She was a finalist in a Glimmertrain short fiction contest in 2009. As representative of an international women's organization to the United Nations in Geneva, she wrote and delivered the first-ever joint statement of all accredited women's non-governmental organizations on the right of women and girls to participate in the development of their countries. She lives and works in New York City.