Why a Booktrail?
1985: Somewhere far away in a parallel world ….book one…
The Eyre Affair (1)
What you need to know before your trail
There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where the Crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is deeply disappointed by the ending of ‘Jane Eyre’. In this world there are no jet-liners or computers, but there are policemen who can travel across time, a Welsh republic, a great interest in all things literary – and a woman called Thursday Next.
Locations
Reset- England - Wiltshire - Swindon
- A: Thursday St
- B: Mycroft Rd
- C: Braxton Rd
- D: Havisham Drive
- E: Bradshaw Ct
Travel Guide
Visit Swindon
Due to the links Swindon has to the novels, Jasper Fjorde explains that the
Swindon Town Planning office got in touch with him back in around 2007 and asked if he would mind having a few of the streets of the city named after his characters. Of course he said no, and from that moment on, Swindon became a very special city on the literary map.
Nextian Estate
Imagine living on a street named after a literary character, or to be the author whose characters are immortalised in this way?
If wandering around to see these streets, be very aware that these are residential streets and that real people live there, not the characters in your imagination.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Eyre Affair (1)
Destination: Swindon (and a parallel universe) Author/Guide: Jasper Fforde Departure Time: 1985
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