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JANE AUSTEN IN LOVE: An Entertainment
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Fall in love with the gentleman at Sidmouth who won Jane Austen's heart, as Elsa Solender fills in the blanks of Jane Austen's romantic career. In this continuation of her prize winning short story, Austen enthusiasts will find the known facts of Austen’s life meticulously brought to life in a narrative that is rich in elegant Austenian turns of phrase and references. The
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Kindle Edition, 368 pages
Published
February 3rd 2012
by Amazon Digital Services
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Jane Austen in Love was subtitled by the author as an "entertainment", and it was certainly that. Elsa Solender charmingly gleans details of Jane Austen's known history, lines from her letters and descriptions from her novels to create a portrait of Jane Austen as she falls in love. Solendar meticulously creates a believable voice for Jane's beloved sister Cassandra, as she tells us about this one great love and fills in details of other young men in Jane's life. Because of the author's sincere
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A delightful read. Elsa did a wonderful job of telling Cassandra's story of Jane being in love.
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Fun, reasonably well written speculation about Jane's secret love stories, told from the point of view of her sister Cassandra, who suffered her own heartbreak.
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I liked getting into Jane Austen's head and hearing her thoughts. I would have liked to have more story about Jane Austen's last love.
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