Jane Austen: A Life Revealed by Catherine Reef

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I have always been fascinated with women writers of days gone by. Their lives and the circumstances of their upbringing is such a part of their lives, reflected in their characters and their words.

This book brought forth the relationships of Jane Austen's life and how she was viewed by those who read her books when they were first published. The book, however, became tedious when the author would provided pages upon pages of summary of each of Jane's novels. This information slowed down the reading and I had to constantly remind myself that it was not Jane's life I was reading about, but one of her characters.

The number of names of family and friends presented in the novel was also a bit overwhelming. A little family tree or relationship matrix at the beginning of the chapters would have made the reading more enjoyable.



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