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Jan 23, 2020 · MISS AUSTEN is a moving and extremely well-researched fictional exploration of the moral consciousness and mental landscape of Cassandra Austen, the sister of Jane Austen and keeper of her legacy. With clear and emotionally effective prose, Hornby shows us how critical events in the lives of both Jane and Cassandra informed their decisions as well as the writing of Austen's great works.
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Apr 6, 2020 · BOOK INFORMATION. Miss Austen: A Novel, by Gill Hornby. Flatiron Books (April 7, 2020) Hardcover, eBook, & audiobook (288) pages. ISBN: 978-1250252203. Genre: Austenesque, Historical Fiction. ADDITIONAL INFO | ADD TO GOODREADS. We received a review copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Austenprose is an Amazon affiliate.
Apr 2, 2024 · New book reviews for this month include Miss Austen by Gill Hornby, The Orchard House by Heidi Chiavaroli, Shielded by KayLynn Flanders, Ladies of the House: A Modern Retelling of Sense and Sensibility by Lauren Edmondson, Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunsmore, and The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks.
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Jan 22, 2020 · About the Book: A wonderfully original, emotionally complex novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister, Jane Austen – an act of destruction that has troubled academics for centuries. 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of ...
ISBN-13: 9781250252210. England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting friends and relations and quietly, purposefully working to preserve her sister’s reputation. Now in her 60s and increasingly frail, Cassandra goes to stay with the Fowles of ...
Apr 7, 2020 · Miss Austen continues to twist and turn deliciously to expose the dangers of blindly promoting one’s own idea of utopia, whether married or single, 'as the only true happiness.' Read Full Review >> Rave Michael Thomas Barry , The New York Journal of Books
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Miss Austen by Gill Hornby focuses on Cassandra (see Beyond the Book), Jane's older sister, constant companion and literary executor of her estate. Always concerned about the legacy that Jane will leave, when Cassandra learns that the parsonage where the Fowles—extended family and great friends of the Austens—lived is being claimed by the replacement clergyman, she invites herself to stay.
