| Status: | Active, full but can join waiting list |
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| Group email: | Reading for Pleasure group |
| When: | Monthly on Wednesday mornings 1st Wednesday of the Month at 10.30 |
| Venue: | High Wycombe Library |
June 2026
The novel deals with themes of love and loss, regret, second chances, pride and ambition. It is imbued with a deep love of the sea and the navy, and makes a passionate plea for the strength of unrequited love in women. Jane wrote the novel in 1815-1816, at home in Chawton.
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