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Jane Austen: A Life Revealed, by Catherine Reef

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 1 June 2011 | 4 Comments »

Little is known of the life Jane Austen (1775-1817), but amazingly there are some hefty, scholarly biographies in print. Two of my favorites were both published in 1997 and confusingly share the same title. Jane Austen: A Life, by Claire Tomalin and David Nokes are both detailed and far-reaching in scope, elaborating on Austen’s life, [...]

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Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World, by Claire Harman – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 17 April 2011 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by Shelley DeWees – The Uprising “The books went out of print, and Jane’s generation of Austens aged and died secure in their belief that the public’s curiosity about their sister had been satisfied.  But almost two hundred years and tens of thousands of books on Austen later, her fame and readership worldwide [...]

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Jane Austen: Christian Encounters Series, by Peter Leithart – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, tagged , , , on 9 May 2010 | 7 Comments »

© Austenprose. There are several biographies in print on Jane Austen (1775-1817) revealing her life, family and her inspiration to become a writer. Two very famous books come to mind: Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin (1998) and oddly the same title published in the same year by David Nokes. Both books were extensively [...]

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Myth and Mirth: A Review of Jane’s Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 30 March 2010 | 9 Comments »

Guest review by RegencyRomantic The moment I opened Jane’s Fame, the catchy titles of certain chapters – Praise and Pewter, Canon and Canonisation, Jane AustenTM  hooked me and I knew I was in for a ride.  I was not disappointed.  Claire Harman’s new biography of Jane Austen is an engaging and brave account of the [...]

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Jane Austen Biographies – Guided by Reason

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , on 11 October 2009 | 13 Comments »

“I admire the activity of your benevolence,” observed Mary, “but every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.” Mary Bennet, Pride and Prejudice Ch 7  It is not a surprise to me that there are so many biographies of Jane [...]

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101 Things You Didn’t Know About Jane Austen, by Patrice Hannon – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Biography Book Reviews, Jane Austen Facts & Fun Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Life & Times Book Reviews, tagged , , , on 22 February 2008 | 1 Comment »

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WORLD’S MOST  INTRIGUING LITERARY HEROINE   Knowledge is power. Sir Francis Bacon, Religious Meditations, Of Heresies, 1597 Everything united in him; good understanding, correct opinions, knowledge of the world, and a warm heart. The Narrator on William Elliot, Persuasion, Chapter 16 Most biographies of Jane Austen will reveal the quiet life [...]

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