Jane Austen's Worthing: The Real Sanditon

by Antony Edmonds

Book Overview

During her stay in Worthing in late 1805 Jane Austen became friends with Edward Ogle, who was the driving force behind the chaotic little town's transformation into a well-ordered seaside resort. Then, in 1817, the year of her death, Jane Austen used Worthing as the background for her final, unfinished novel, Sanditon, one of whose main characters was based on Ogle. This book gives a detailed account of the town Jane Austen knew in 1805, and explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445650878
• ISBN13: 9781445650876
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages