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Announcing the r/JaneAustenFF October Book Club! Let's read "Old Friends and New Fancies" by Sybil G. Brinton.
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This month we're reading "Old Friends and New Fancies" by Sybil G. Brinton. Thanks to u/Katerade44 for suggesting we read something together!

This blog post has a nice (non-spoiler) review. Highlights:

Written in 1913 and published the following year, Old Friends and New Fancies is considered the first-ever Jane Austen sequel...

...Bringing together characters from six novels is very ambitious, but Brinton makes it seem easy.  The characters meet in believable circumstances and forge convincing relationships, and Brinton deftly knits together numerous plot threads into a story that captivated me from the very beginning.  The story branches out from two endearing but struggling characters, Georgiana and Colonel Fitzwilliam, and Brinton has fleshed them out so that they truly do feel like old friends.

Here's the discussion schedule:

October 5th: chapters 1-7

October 12th: chapters 8-14

October 19th: chapters 15-21

October 26th: through the end

(note: if you've already read the book and have suggestions on how to better break up the chapters, let me know!)

You can read more about the novel on wikipedia.

Download it for free from Project Gutenberg.

Prefer an audiobook? Check out LibriVox, also on YouTube.

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