

I first “met” Natalie Jenner online last year, and we’ve since formed a lovely friendship-one that I foresee extending into the future for a very long time. Introducing Natalie Jenner, author of The Jane Austen Society: As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society. These people-a laborer, a young widow, the local doctor, and a movie star, among others-could not be more different and yet they are united in their love for the works and words of Austen. With the last bit of Austen’s legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen’s home and her legacy. Now it’s home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England’s finest novelists. Let’s begin with a description of the novel to whet your literary appetites: It is my pleasure to introduce to you author Natalie Jenner and her debut novel, The Jane Austen Society.
