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''Austenland'' is a 2007 novel by Shannon Hale.
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''Austenland'' is a 2007 novel by Shannon Hale.
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* AdultFear:
** For Charlotte, the effect of her divorce on her children, and how they will grow up. Usually PlayedForLaughs, but when she calls her children, she finds out her boy Beckett is calling TheMistress, "mom", and her daughter Lu refuses to speak to her.
** Alisha is a pop star staying in Austenland following [[spoiler: drug abuse and failed rehab stints]]. Her [[spoiler: mother]] keeps watch over her, posing as her nurse Mrs. Hatchet.
** For Charlotte, the effect of her divorce on her children, and how they will grow up. Usually PlayedForLaughs, but when she calls her children, she finds out her boy Beckett is calling TheMistress, "mom", and her daughter Lu refuses to speak to her.
** Alisha is a pop star staying in Austenland following [[spoiler: drug abuse and failed rehab stints]]. Her [[spoiler: mother]] keeps watch over her, posing as her nurse Mrs. Hatchet.
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* TheAlcoholic: Mr. Wattlesbrook is one. [[spoiler: Sets a cottage on fire while drunk, which is the final straw for Mr. Mallery, who kills him and hides the body.]]
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** Jane after a string of bad boyfriends finally finds [[spoiler: Henry, who risks his heart and finances to fly with her to New York]]
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** Jane after a string of bad boyfriends finally finds [[spoiler: Henry, who risks his heart and finances to fly with her to New York]]York]].
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* NotSoDifferent: Charlotte, like [[spoiler: Mrs. Wattlesbrook]], had a terrible husband. [[spoiler:Mrs. Wattlesbrook]] smiles when Charlotte as part of her Austenland character claims she's a widower, and that her husband died painfully.
* TheAlcoholic: Mr. Wattlesbrook is one. [[spoiler: Sets a cottage on fire while drunk, which is the final straw for Mr. Mallery, who kills him and hides the body.]]
* TheMistress: A woman named Justice, for Charlotte's husband.
* TheAlcoholic: Mr. Wattlesbrook is one. [[spoiler: Sets a cottage on fire while drunk, which is the final straw for Mr. Mallery, who kills him and hides the body.]]
* TheMistress: A woman named Justice, for Charlotte's husband.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Charlotte, like [[spoiler: Mrs. Wattlesbrook]], had a terrible husband. [[spoiler:Mrs. Wattlesbrook]] smiles when Charlotte as part of her Austenland character claims she's a widower, and that her husband died painfully.
* TheAlcoholic: Mr.painfully. When [[spoiler:Mrs. Wattlesbrook is one. [[spoiler: Sets a cottage on fire while drunk, which is finds out that Mr. Mallery killed her husband, she obviously has complicated feelings. Charlotte sits her down and says that it's okay to mourn the final straw for Mr. Mallery, who kills him and hides good as well as the body.]]
bad bits of her marriage]].
*TheMistress: TheMistress:
** A woman named Justice, for Charlotte'shusband.husband. She's apparently obnoxious on the phone, rubbing it in about how Charlotte's husband left his wife for her.
** Miss Charming bitterly reveals that [[spoiler:her own romantic partner went for a "toothpick" named Heather. She said she didn't know he was cheating on her for a while]].
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** A woman named Justice, for Charlotte's
** Miss Charming bitterly reveals that [[spoiler:her own romantic partner went for a "toothpick" named Heather. She said she didn't know he was cheating on her for a while]].
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* YourCheatingHeart: The same thing happened to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as well, so that she copes with it by staying in Europe.
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** For Charlotte, the effect of her divorce on her children, and how they will grow up. Usually PlayedForLaughs. Compounded into TearJerker when she calls her children, finding out her boy Beckett is calling TheOtherWoman mom and her daughter Lu refuses to speak to her.
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** For Charlotte, the effect of her divorce on her children, and how they will grow up. Usually PlayedForLaughs. Compounded into TearJerker PlayedForLaughs, but when she calls her children, finding she finds out her boy Beckett is calling TheOtherWoman mom TheMistress, "mom", and her daughter Lu refuses to speak to her.
* TheMistress: A woman named Justice, for Charlotte's husband.
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** Charlotte's husband, with a woman named Justice.
** The same thing happened to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as well, so that she copes with it by staying in Europe.
** Charlotte's husband, with a woman named Justice.
** The same thing happened to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as well, so that she copes with it by staying in Europe.
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* YourCheatingHeart:
** Charlotte's husband, with a woman named Justice.
**YourCheatingHeart: The same thing happened to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as well, so that she copes with it by staying in Europe.Europe.
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** Charlotte's husband, with a woman named Justice.
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''Austenland'' is a 2007 novel by Shannon Hale.
Creator/JaneAusten fangirl Jane Hayes is given the trip of a lifetime when her wealthy great-aunt wills her an all-expenses-paid trip to the Austen-themed resort Austenland, where the guests are assigned the roles and plotlines of a regency romance. Jane hopes to meet her own [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice Mr. Darcy]], but complications ensue.
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!!Tropes present in the books ''Austenland'' and ''Midnight in Austenland'' include:
* AdultFear:
** For Charlotte, the effect of her divorce on her children, and how they will grow up. Usually PlayedForLaughs. Compounded into TearJerker when she calls her children, finding out her boy Beckett is calling TheOtherWoman mom and her daughter Lu refuses to speak to her.
** Alisha is a pop star staying in Austenland following [[spoiler: drug abuse and failed rehab stints]]. Her [[spoiler: mother]] keeps watch over her, posing as her nurse Mrs. Hatchet.
* BettyAndVeronica:
** Nobley and Martin for Jane. Nobley is an actor playing Darcy, and Martin is just the gardener. [[spoiler:At first she chooses Martin, up until learning that he is a phony. Shannon in an earlier draft had the two of them ending up together.]]
** Eddie and Mr. Mallery for Charlotte, though ironically Eddie is portrayed as her wayward "brother" and Mr. Mallery is her TallDarkAndSnarky gentleman. [[spoiler:She initially chooses Mr. Mallery, since Mrs. Wattlesbrook wouldn't let her date her own fictional brother, but then he tries to murder her after she finds the keys to Mr. Wattlesbrook's Bentley.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
** Jane after a string of bad boyfriends finally finds [[spoiler: Henry, who risks his heart and finances to fly with her to New York]]
** Charlotte after a bad divorce and surviving a [[spoiler: murder attempt]] finally finds love in [[spoiler: her Austenland "brother" Eddie]] as well as an excuse to stay with him in England.
** Mrs. Wattlesbrook when introduced to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as a business partner; [[spoiler: Miss Charming has the finances and the math skills to buy back the other Austenland estates and have it turn a profit]].
* GenreShift: ''Austenland'' is a romantic comedy, while ''Midnight in Austenland'' is a Gothic mystery.
* HiddenDepths: Think Mrs. Wattlesbrook is just an uptight hostess that frowns on improper behavior? Think again: [[spoiler: she is married to an abusive husband and somehow keeps Austenland afloat despite his escapades, and manages to grieve when learning that he died.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Charlotte, like [[spoiler: Mrs. Wattlesbrook]], had a terrible husband. [[spoiler:Mrs. Wattlesbrook]] smiles when Charlotte as part of her Austenland character claims she's a widower, and that her husband died painfully.
* TheAlcoholic: Mr. Wattlesbrook is one. [[spoiler: Sets a cottage on fire while drunk, which is the final straw for Mr. Mallery, who kills him and hides the body.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Mary]] in ''Midnight in Austenland.'' She fancies Mr. Mallery a little TOO much.
* YourCheatingHeart:
** Charlotte's husband, with a woman named Justice.
** The same thing happened to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as well, so that she copes with it by staying in Europe.
Creator/JaneAusten fangirl Jane Hayes is given the trip of a lifetime when her wealthy great-aunt wills her an all-expenses-paid trip to the Austen-themed resort Austenland, where the guests are assigned the roles and plotlines of a regency romance. Jane hopes to meet her own [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice Mr. Darcy]], but complications ensue.
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!!Tropes present in the books ''Austenland'' and ''Midnight in Austenland'' include:
* AdultFear:
** For Charlotte, the effect of her divorce on her children, and how they will grow up. Usually PlayedForLaughs. Compounded into TearJerker when she calls her children, finding out her boy Beckett is calling TheOtherWoman mom and her daughter Lu refuses to speak to her.
** Alisha is a pop star staying in Austenland following [[spoiler: drug abuse and failed rehab stints]]. Her [[spoiler: mother]] keeps watch over her, posing as her nurse Mrs. Hatchet.
* BettyAndVeronica:
** Nobley and Martin for Jane. Nobley is an actor playing Darcy, and Martin is just the gardener. [[spoiler:At first she chooses Martin, up until learning that he is a phony. Shannon in an earlier draft had the two of them ending up together.]]
** Eddie and Mr. Mallery for Charlotte, though ironically Eddie is portrayed as her wayward "brother" and Mr. Mallery is her TallDarkAndSnarky gentleman. [[spoiler:She initially chooses Mr. Mallery, since Mrs. Wattlesbrook wouldn't let her date her own fictional brother, but then he tries to murder her after she finds the keys to Mr. Wattlesbrook's Bentley.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
** Jane after a string of bad boyfriends finally finds [[spoiler: Henry, who risks his heart and finances to fly with her to New York]]
** Charlotte after a bad divorce and surviving a [[spoiler: murder attempt]] finally finds love in [[spoiler: her Austenland "brother" Eddie]] as well as an excuse to stay with him in England.
** Mrs. Wattlesbrook when introduced to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as a business partner; [[spoiler: Miss Charming has the finances and the math skills to buy back the other Austenland estates and have it turn a profit]].
* GenreShift: ''Austenland'' is a romantic comedy, while ''Midnight in Austenland'' is a Gothic mystery.
* HiddenDepths: Think Mrs. Wattlesbrook is just an uptight hostess that frowns on improper behavior? Think again: [[spoiler: she is married to an abusive husband and somehow keeps Austenland afloat despite his escapades, and manages to grieve when learning that he died.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Charlotte, like [[spoiler: Mrs. Wattlesbrook]], had a terrible husband. [[spoiler:Mrs. Wattlesbrook]] smiles when Charlotte as part of her Austenland character claims she's a widower, and that her husband died painfully.
* TheAlcoholic: Mr. Wattlesbrook is one. [[spoiler: Sets a cottage on fire while drunk, which is the final straw for Mr. Mallery, who kills him and hides the body.]]
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Mary]] in ''Midnight in Austenland.'' She fancies Mr. Mallery a little TOO much.
* YourCheatingHeart:
** Charlotte's husband, with a woman named Justice.
** The same thing happened to [[spoiler: Miss Charming]] as well, so that she copes with it by staying in Europe.
