Sanditon
Sanditon,an unfinished novel by J. Austen , written 1817 .
Mr Parker is obsessed with the wish to create a large and fashionable resort out of the small village of Sanditon, on the south coast. His unquenchable enthusiasm sees crescents and terraces, a hotel and a library, and bathing machines. Charlotte Heywood , an attractive, alert young woman, is invited to stay with the Parkers, where she catches the fancy of Lady Denham , the local great lady. Lady Denham's nephew and niece, Sir Edward and Miss Denham , live nearby, and the second heroine of the novel, Clara Brereton , is staying with her. Edward plans (with a frankness of expression new to the author) to seduce Clara ; but his aunt intends him to marry a West Indian heiress, under the care of a Mrs Griffiths and her entourage, whose visit to Sanditon is anticipated shortly. After a ludicrous series of complications, involving both Mrs Griffiths's party and a ladies'...
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