She liberally borrows from the Austen novels. Lewis' Narnia, but without all the detail needed for an alien setting. In devising Austenland, Hale creates her own world, along the lines of J.R.R. Visiting Austenland is limited to the wealthy few who can afford its charms. Herein lies the story.Īustenland beckons fashionable women of means to escape their humdrum realities in order to become someone in their dream world of two hundred years ago. In such settings emotional responses can be raw and unfiltered as one's social equilibrium is askew. Participants abdicate their regular daily lives to immerse themselves in a world alien to their normal experience in regard to setting, customs, behavior and expectations. The two separate novels are set in Austenland, which is not an amusement park, but an immersion experience along the lines of an Outward Bound expedition. The English Regency time period serves as the backdrop the twist is that the stories take place now. Shannon Hale's first foray into adult fiction, Austenland: A Novel (2007) and Midnight in Austenland (2012), revolves around the whirlpool of love, hope and disappointment in male-female relationships, standard Jane Austen fare. Step into Austenland and you step into another reality. Based on the book Austenland by Shannon Hale. Screenplay by Jerusha Hess and Shannon Hale. Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale. The Austenland book and movie, plus novel Midnight in Austenland, tell tales of love, hope and disappointment in male-female relationships.Īustenland: A Novel by Shannon Hale.
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