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Winner of an ‘Honourable Mention’ award in the Readers’ Favourite 2019 competition and recipient of the coveted One Stop Fiction Five Star Award.** “Lovingly-crafted and brilliantly executed Dear Jane (and the entire Highbury Trilogy) is an outstanding companion and tribute to Jane Austen’s Emma. Rich with comprehensive detail, thoughtful developments and emotive prose.” Austenesque Reviews.**The … Reviews.**The final instalment of the Highbury trilogy, Dear Jane recounts events hinted at but never actually described in Jane Austen’s Emma; the formative childhood years of Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill, their meeting in Weymouth and the agony of their secret engagement.Orphaned Jane seems…

”Lovingly-crafted and brilliantly executed… the Highbury Trilogy is an outstanding companion and tribute to Jane Austen’s Emma. Rich with comprehensive detail, thoughtful developments, and emotive prose.” Austenesque Reviews.Jane Bates has left Highbury to become the companion of the invalid widow Mrs Sealy in Brighton. Life in the new, fashionable seaside resort is exciting indeed. A wide … exciting indeed. A wide circle of interesting acquaintance and a rich tapestry of new experiences make her new life all Jane had hoped for. While Jane’s sister Hetty can be a tiresome conversationalist she proves to be a surprisingly good correspondent and Jane…