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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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This is a list of lists by year of The New York Times number-one books. The New York Times Best Seller list was first published without fanfare on October 12, 1931. [1][2] It consisted of five fiction and four nonfiction for the New York City region only. [2] The following month the list was expanded to eight cities, with a separate list for ...
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 ...
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.
Oct 27, 2024 · The New York Times Best Sellers are up-to-date and authoritative lists of the most popular books in the United States, based on sales in the past week, including fiction, non-fiction, paperbacks ...
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.
Apr 7, 2020 · Readers will find Mary Austen, widow of James Austen, a caricature of a person who downplays Jane Austen’s worth as a novelist and touts her late husband’s poetry, calling him the real genius in the family. Readers quickly see she is given to exaggerating stories and, in some cases, flatly making them up.
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