Miss Austen: the #1 bestseller and one of the best novels of the year according to the Times and Observer by Gill Hornby


Miss Austen: the #1 bestseller and one of the best novels of the year according to the Times and Observer
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Miss Austen: the #1 bestseller and one of the best novels of the year according to the Times and Observer Reviews

  • rodney pyne

    This sad tale of Janes older sister,Cassandra,I found moving and authentic. No one was closer to Jane. No one could have been saddened by Janes early death,aged just 41. These two sisters shared the same bedroom for almost every day of their lives.Cassy was

  • Di C

    I chose this book because it seemed interesting to me. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot about Jane Austen. I also liked the presentation of her story in the form of a novel rather than just reading facts about her life.

  • Shirley Whittington

    Lovers of Jane Austen, will enjoy the language; as well the descriptions of the settings and the humans within them.Very enjoyable. Currently only halfway through as I started yesterday.Make a lovely movie. So very English.

  • Lee W

    Im an Austen nut but I couldnt get into this book. Could have been me at the time and I will try later. This is not to dissuade others from giving it a go just that the first go didnt really grab me.

  • Amy Hopkins

    Stepping into another persons shoes is always fraught with ability or not being able to measure up to the idolisation of Austen. Found the recreation of Charlottes determination to have Jane appear in a good light for posterity fascinating. Not sure she achieved her

  • J S

    No, not the Miss Austen youre thinking of. It is 1840, and Cassandra Austen, elderly spinster sister of the better known Jane, calls on her recently bereaved niece in Kintbury. Ostensibly to assist in packing up the familys belongings to move