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All Roads Lead To Austen: A Yearlong Journey With Jane (2012)

by Amy Elizabeth Smith(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1402265859 (ISBN13: 9781402265853)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Sourcebooks, Incorporated

review 1: This is such an interesting book. What a great idea, what a fascinating look at other cultures through the medium of Jane Austen. But the writer is kinda insufferable. Seriously, I'm sure that she's a lovely person in real life (I'm not sure, but everyone in the book seemed to love her pretty immediately, so she must have something going for her), but she was really annoying to read about. Still, I enjoyed it overall, and it made me want to reread all of Jane Austen's books (except Mansfield Park, which I don't like because reasons [Edmund]).
review 2: A thoroughly enjoyable trip along with an English professor as she takes Jane Austen to Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay and Argentina. She discusses Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emm... morea with different groups and also visits local bookstores and asks for local authors in each place. Austen fans will love the discussions of her works. I didn't expect to get such a sense of place -- of travelling through literature -- which was a really nice surprise.I was also struck by this paragraph, which pretty well sums me up:"Immersion in a new culture can inspire huge changes, but so can reading. Any bookworm knows how a truly powerful book can motivate us toward major change. Give a woman an Austen novel and, if she takes it to heart, seriously takes it to heart, how will she behave? She'll soul search about what she wants in a partner; she'll evluate how well she behaves toward her family; she'll consider her role within her community and how well she treats people, no matter what their status in life; she'll acknowledge the value of being true to herself, while being respectful of others; she'll go out dancing once in a while; maybe she'll even learn to sew." - p. 218. Wow. less

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