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Jane Austen: Her Life: The Definitive Portrait of Jane Austen: Her Life, Her Art, Her Family, Her World
by
Park Honan
In this definitive biography, Honan re-creates Jane Austen's life and world, providing glimpses into her loneliness and frustration, the lively flirtations of her youth, and the warmth and affection of her family. 16-page photo insert.
Paperback, 484 pages
Published
April 8th 1989
by Ballantine Books
(first published 1988)
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I'm a little ashamed to admit this, but once again I'm relistening to a book-on-tape. I checked out some other books-on-tape from the library after finishing this one, and they ended up being so insipid and flat after the real-as-flesh life of Jane Austen, that I just couldn't return this one to the library, just yet. So, I'm catching more details the second time around, read in a clipped formal British accent.
Besides, Kirstie Lovell just loaned me "Becoming Jane" on DVD ...more
Besides, Kirstie Lovell just loaned me "Becoming Jane" on DVD ...more
I love Jane Austen and wanted to learn more about her. I borrowed this book from my mom, but just could not get into it. I had it for more than a year and finally gave up. I have since read other things about Jane Austen which I liked more.
As far as Jane Austen Biographies go...this one is okay. Honan is more interested in placing Jane Austen in context with her family and social surroundings and all that was going on around her, than he actually is in her, which is unfortuneate as she is interesting in and of herself.
This book analyzes Austen writing instead of her life. What was in it about her life was good and informative, but I wish they would have kept it to just her life.
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