Jane Austen Book Club: The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow

Welcome to our Truth Universally Acknowledged Book Club: here's your chance to reread your favourite Jane Austen books in the company of like-minded readers. Even better, you can explore the perceptiveness and skill of her writing for the first time.

Why not join Ros and Sue as we immerse ourselves month by month in the delights of Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Sanditon and Lady Susan. We'll also read other authors who have been inspired by Jane's work to create their own versions of her stories: among others, Emma by Alexander McCall Smith, Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid, Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo, Longbourn by Jo Baker, The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler and Death Comes to Pemberley by P D James (previously dramatised by the BBC).

And if you have any further suggestions for Austen-themed books, do share them with us.

Please bring along £1 (or £12 for the year) as a contribution to Meetup fees - this £1 is only payable by non-fully-paid members of IVC (and can be reclaimed if you decide to join the CambsIVC membership group).

Reading choice for Tuesday 16th September:
The Other Bennet Sister (published 2018), a re-imagining of Pride and Prejudice from the point of view of middle sister Mary Bennet.

Read so far:
Sense and Sensibility (published 1811)
Sense & Sensibility - Joanna Trollope (published 2013)
Miss Austen by Gill Hornby (published 2020)
Pride and Prejudice (published 1813)