- Paperback: 148 pages
- Publisher: Pen Press Publishers (May 14 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1904754937
- ISBN-13: 978-1904754930
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,446,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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?To the Austenites who stop this side of idolatry and who thought they had heard the last of Jane's sublime gossip, The Watsons comes like a windfall in a blighted summer.?-Christian Century
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jane Austen abandoned The Watsons after 17500 words but told her sister what the ending would have been. Two hundred years later, Merryn Williams has completed this realistic and delightful novel, according to Jane Austen's guidelines. Jane Austen continues to top the poll of being the nation's most favoured writer of romantic fiction. Most women feel that the book that has transformed their lives is the one that assures them that they will marry the wealthy handsome man and live happily ever after. And she impacts on men's lives too...Irvin Walsh recently revealed that Jane Austen's genteel fiction was major influence on him.
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The first winter assembly in the town of D. in Surrey was to be held on Tuesday, October 13th and it was generally expected to be a very good one. Read the first page
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Splendid completion by Coates
April 27 1999
Format:Hardcover
Just when you thought there were no more Jane Austin works to read, this splendid book appeared, dog-eared in a used paperback (!) format. Well worth the search. A fourth sister is reunited with her three impoverished sisters, all in need of husbands - each sister is distinctly drawn, as, to a slightly lesser degree, are their swains. If you can forgive the presumption of Mr. Coates, you will welcome his ready wit and eye for detail. There is as always, a sister who is correct and sensible and striving to be well-behaved, but it is the encounters of the badly-behaved sisters which are truly enjoyable. Better than the (also good) completion of Sanditon, by "another lady."
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not a completion!
Jan 21 2008
Format:Paperback
The edition of Jane Austen's "The Watsons" that was published with a foreward by Kate Atkinson is merely a published copy of Jane's original fragment!! It is NOT a completion, like the one John Coates wrote! Unfortunately, the "paperback" link on his page redirects you here. Please take note of this before you buy it, and decide for yourself if you want to purchase only half of the story (also, it's a fragment that's available in the public domain for free).
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing
July 25 2006
Format:Paperback
Being a Jane Austen fan, I was very excited by the prospect of a new book. Talking about disappointment. First I was disappointed that Amazon would offer this to me at the price I paid since it's thinner than a steno pad. Secondly I felt like I was left hanging. There is nothing worse than to get caught up in a story and have it end with nothing resolved. If you must read this, don't buy it, until you read it. That way if you do decide to buy, you'll know what you're getting. I gave it 2 stars because it is Jane Austen.
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