03458cam a2200649 4500 2757133839 TxAuBib 20260509120000.0 ||||||s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063411838 0063411830 B0FL22QPZD Amazon c8108766-96e7-4dba-8231-2d8297ec6513 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 12164826 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Prose, Francine. Five Weeks in the Country [Libby eBook] : A Novel. HarperCollins, 2026. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. five weeks in the country. making a literary life. Based on a true story. fictionfrancine prose. Literary Criticism. a literary journey. Alternate History. catherine dickens. Charles Dickens. literary genius. fictiongad hill. francine prose. Ellen Tiernan. family life. Friendship. Historical. literature. realistic. American. Literary. Gad Hill. winning. History. family. Award. Great. comet. woman. Ficti. HTML:<p><strong>From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Reading Like a Writer and Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris, 1932 comes an utterly original novel inspired by the strange friendship between Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen and set during the summer when Dickens's family life exploded.</strong></p> <p>In the summer of 1857, when British newspapers warned of an approaching comet about to destroy the earth, an unusual-looking stranger arrived at Charles Dickens's home, Gad's Hill, in the countryside outside London. Dickens had met Hans Christian Andersen at a dinner party, a decade before, and, in a moment of desperation, had invited him to visit.</p> <p>The visit did not go well. The eccentric Danish author of classic fairy tales, who barely spoke English, outstayed his welcome and alienated the Dickens household, which included nine children. Even the oblivious, obsessively self-conscious Andersen sensed the increasing tension between Dickens and his unhappy wife, Catherine, but was slow to understand—or to believe—that Dickens had fallen in love with a young actress appearing in his new play. For Andersen, those five weeks were a series of social mistakes and embarrassments but ultimately a lesson in how life's most humbling experiences can be transformed into art.</p> <p>Five Weeks in the Country, a work of imaginative fiction inspired by actual events, is Francine Prose at her dazzling best.</p>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-05-09 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c8108766-96e7-4dba-8231-2d8297ec6513&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c8108766-96e7-4dba-8231-2d8297ec6513&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)