false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176575749m/636674.jpg 636674 5 Jane Austen was a great novelist and one of the central figures of English literature, but she herself lived a quiet and uneventful life, mostly in the two Hampshire villages of Steventon and Chawton. Jon Spence's new biography focuses its attention away from the wider literary and intellectual currents that informed her writing and instead concentrates on the immediate influences on her life and work. Becoming Jane Austen shows how Jane Austen's own personal experiences resonated throughout her work, from her juvenilia to Sanditon. 31915 2003 Becoming Jane Austen total:639|5:122|4:230|3:212|2:61|1:14| 639 2302 1371 134 4 6 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 12:04:33 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 12:11:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Oct 15 18:06:47 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 20:49:35 -0700 2007
This was a good read, a fascinating look into Jane Austen's life. It has all the requisite biographical details, but it goes one step furt...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 15 16:32:03 -0800 2008 Sat Jun 07 19:20:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 13:03:07 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 13:20:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 true false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 12:28:19 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 19:35:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 14:53:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 16 09:50:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 09:33:08 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 05:34:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 21:00:40 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 09:13:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 21 12:23:30 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 12:35:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:34:51 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:53:13 -0700 2009
Becoming Jane Austen is about her life and how each novel she wrote was a play on her own life at the time. Stories taken from real life experiences, family names, love lived and lo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 14:29:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 23:31:34 -0700 2009
Very interesting information on the life of Jane Austen. I especially enjoyed reading about the particulars regarding the publication of her books.

A serious drawback is the way in which the author relates his information. The Austens were a large fa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 14:40:45 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 06:40:50 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 14:40:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 04:32:34 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 04:53:32 -0700 2009
My experience with Jane Austen is mixed, I read 'Pride and Prejud...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 10:02:31 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 10:13:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 19 08:53:26 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 19:43:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 29 13:57:27 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 14:00:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 14:10:51 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 14:32:14 -0800 2008
First, the back cover promises to tell the true love story that inspired the novels of Jane Austen, implying that the story is a central theme of this book. Certainly, we do learn about Jane Austen's brief r...more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 17:33:04 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 11:29:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 08:55:38 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 15:46:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 02 10:57:54 -0700 2008 Tue May 05 11:06:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=636674