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Brinshore Kindle Edition
The year is 1816. The war with France is over and Captain Charles Blake is soon to return home for good. Emma Osborne and Anne Musgrave will spend the summer with their Aunt Harding at a little known paradise on the south coast of England. Not far away, Captain Blake is intent on fulfilling a solemn promise.
A sequel to 'Emma and Elizabeth', 'Brinshore' takes its inspiration from Jane Austen’s unfinished manuscripts, 'The Watsons' and 'Sanditon'.
Ann Mychal was awarded ‘Best Debut Author’ by Austenprose in 2014 for her first novel, 'Emma and Elizabeth'.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 21, 2018
- File size957 KB
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- ASIN : B07HL73TL8
- Publisher : J G Books UK; 1st edition (September 21, 2018)
- Publication date : September 21, 2018
- Language : English
- File size : 957 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
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- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 268 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 0992879531
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,059,973 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2016I absolutely devoured this book. I loved Emma and Elizabeth, and honestly was hesitant that Brinshore wouldn't be as good, but boy was I wrong. Spoilers Ahead: I LOVED all of the references and mention of the other Jane Austen novels!!!!! I wasn't into Emma at first because I thought she was a spoiled brat, but was delighted at how much she grew and changed. Ann Mychal does a fantastic job of keeping Austen's tone and spirit alive in her own books!
- Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 20164.5 stars
Having recently read Ann Mychal's first novel, Emma and Elizabeth, I was familiar with the characters who are now about 20 years older and have children of their own. However there are quite a few people within the pages and at times I had to pause and make sure I had each person mentioned correctly identified in my mind. This book is very well written, with language flowing smoothly and in the style of Jane Austen.
The story continues to have many shades of Jane Austen’s unfinished novels, The Watsons and Sanditon. So if the reader is not familiar with those some of the references may seem totally insignificant. But this author makes the story all her own and does it so well. I found it amusing that the author used Jane’s finished novels as reading material for one Emma Osbourne. (And she thinks that the 3 volume book by A Lady, entitled Pride and Prejudice, is a book of sermons.) Then there are times I found poignant, i.e., when Emma finds her name commonplace and her mother has to relate to her just why she is named after her mother.
This story builds slowly but it is in the detailed development that we learn the personalities of the two cousins, Anne and Emma, and the two men who are in company with them while they spend several summer months with their widowed Aunt Penelope Harding in Brinshore. This seaside community is within 3 miles of Sanditon and a little further from Brighton, towns in which friends or relations dwell. Much of the tale is about Aunt Harding’s efforts to promote Brinshore as the new “place to go” over and above Sanditon. There are competitions for lending libraries, the fame of their local baked goods, the services of a doctor (Dr. Fowle), and the availability of a spring with healing water for the establishment of a spa. There is a very comical side courtship going on which supplies gossip for many in both towns.
You may find it humorous to read of the bets placed by the Mr. Musgrave and Lord Osbourne and then by the Dowager and Aunt/Mrs. Turner. The first wager is as to whether these two ladies deciding to reside together will last beyond a certain period of time! The author brings the matter of a wager up again at the end which brought a smile to my face.
But the main premise seems to be a matter of the heart or hearts. Emma has decided early in this tale on just whom hers is settled. And many in her close circle know this; she has made no secret of it…by actions and hints if not outright statements. But who can direct where others’ hearts are drawn? A gentleman who is kind, affable to all and attentive to needs may do so not out of an attachment but out of good manners.
For me (and I am sure for many other readers) the sparks that fly when a certain young lady doesn’t watch her step and then casts blame of the party she stepped in front of enlightened me as to one direction of this tale.
Yes, Cousin Anne is a quiet companion in this story but her interest in all the flora and fauna at the seaside draws the interest of a party without guile or forethought on her part. When she realizes where interests are directed and that they may cost her cousin heartbreak what is her reaction? We read of our actors considering not their own desires but showing their care in some sacrifice on their part.
As in JA’s novels there is some talk of marrying well, of how a peer can bring attention to a town, of the choice of career available to a second son, etc. But kudos to the parents of Anne and Emma: they want their children to be happy and if a certain man is the one they love then they are in harmony with that decision.
This is the second in a series. I found it a sweet read with many subtle threads woven throughout so pay attention. There is humor, romance and rivalry between towns as well as between some persons.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2015There is a quiet elegance to this story. While on the surface there are the rivalries between the seashore towns of Sanditon and Brinshore, and the rivalries among certain characters, the story is much deeper than that. I think it’s difficult to write about a spoiled young woman with a defective moral compass, but like all good stories, you hang in there until the end and you're glad you did.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017I thoroughly enjoyed this book, I found it did feel like an Austen story for the most part. It's fun to get a continuation of the Elizabeth and Emma story that took excerpts from Jane Austen's the Watson's. A worthwhile clean read.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2015This book and its companion, Emma & Elizabeth, are wonderful and engaging reads. They are based on an unfinished Jane Austen novel, the Watsons. I've read dozens if not hundreds of Jane Austen knockoffs/fan fiction/whatever you want to call them, and this book is one of the gems. Believable characters, dialogue and plot. Couldn't put this book down.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2015(Note: Potential readers should be made aware that this novel is a sequel to Emma and Elizabeth, and while it is standalone, more pleasure may be derived from reading Emma and Elizabeth prior to this work.)
In her second Austen-inspired novel, Ann Mychal brings us back again – twenty years later – to the dear friends we encountered and fell in love with before in her brilliant continuation of The Watsons – Emma and Elizabeth. In Brinshore, we find these two devoted sisters happy in their respective marriages and enjoying their roles as mothers and wives. Both Emma and Elizabeth have nineteen-year-old daughters, and both daughters are granted the splendid opportunity to spend their summer with their Aunt Harding at her new home she purchased in the incomparable seaside town of Brinshore!
Anne Musgrave (quiet, gentle, and passionate about nature) is very eager to see, explore, and make sketches of this new locale and all the interesting fossils, shells, and seaweed she finds there. Emma Osbourne (outspoken, self-assured, and opinionated) is only able to derive pleasure in this plan because she knows Captain Blake (her childhood friend and the man she has secretly given her heart to) will be spending his summer in Sanditon which is just three miles from Brinshore.
While in Brinshore, readers encounter the amicable and admirable Captain Charles Blake and his friend Mr. Henry Fitzroy, who just inherited a home in Sanditon (and is a person Emma finds most ill-mannered and contemptible). The meetings and interactions between these characters are exciting and engrossing to witness as the reader can observe and learn that: Captain Blake’s affections may not lie in the direction Emma believes they do, Mrs. Harding is as enthusiastic about promoting and advancing Brinshore as Mr. Parker is about Sanditon, and Henry Fitzroy has impeccable taste in literature! 😉 What delights and diversions await us in Brinshore, dear readers!
The characters in this story are an endearing and entertaining mix. Emma is a flawed heroine who is misguided in her notions and blind in her perceptions (sounds like another Emma we know, doesn’t it?). In the first half of the book she was sometimes difficult to like, but later on her redeeming qualities shine through. Mrs. Turner (Emma’s aunt) and the Dowager Lady Osbourne often steal the spotlight with their quips and habit of making friendly insults towards each other, (reminded me of Violet and Isobel Crawley!) And I quite enjoyed seeing Lord Osbourne and Tom Musgrave engage in some sport of wagers, as well as what happened when others discovered what they were betting on! It is obvious that Ann Mychal is an author who loves and is fascinated by her characters and their stories; and I think that is what helps her skillfully capture the essence of Jane Austen in these novels.
It truly is difficult to pinpoint what I love most about this novel and Ann Mychal’s writing! I love that she is shining a spotlight on Jane Austen’s unfinished works, I appreciated all the allusions and subtle nods to Jane Austen’s other works and characters, and I greatly enjoyed her manifestation of Brinshore! In this novel, the seaside resort is one of the main characters – it is living, evolving, and constantly competing to be better than its detested rival, Sanditon! Circulating libraries, resident physicians, spas, and buns – I loved witnessing the development and incessant promotion between these two fictional towns!
And to put the cherry on top of this rich and delectable sundae, Ms. Mychal effectively ties the end of her story together with a perfectly elegant little bow that cannot help but fill the reader with an abundance gratification and joy. I greatly adore and admire both Emma and Elizabeth and Brinshore, and I heartily recommend them to readers looking for enchanting stories and endearing characters very much in the style of Jane Austen. Ann Mychal is definitely an author to keep your eye on!
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