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Writing Jane Austen (2010)

by Elizabeth Aston(Favorite Author)

2.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

141658787X (ISBN13: 9781416587873)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Touchstone

review 1: If you were an author how would you feel about being asked to complete a previously unknown and newly discovered Jane Austen manuscript? Georgina Jackson - an American academic living in London - is asked to do just that in three months. She has previously had a prize winning literary novel published and has been selected by her fearsome agent, Livia, as the ideal author to complete the book.But there is one problem that Gina can see straight away - she has never read any of Jane Austen's novels and has no intention of doing so. Her particular historical period is the late nineteenth century and she prefers misery and hardship to romantic comedy. But Gina needs money otherwise she will have to return to America so she signs the contract and then spends longer than she shou... moreld putting off the unwelcome task. Her landlord - banker turned student, Henry, and his sister Maud who has run away from her boarding school - try to help Gina with all sorts of strategies.Fans of Jane Austen spin offs will love this book. Those who have yet to read Jane Austen can read it just for the story. Writers can read it for the excellent description of writer's block. Anyone who wants a feel good story with a literary background will also enjoy it. I read it in a day and loved it. The characters are believable and there's the extra interest of spotting people and names from Austen's novels especially when Gina starts thinking she is seeing flashes from the past. I loved the section set in Bath with its examples of fanatical Janeites. I thoroughly recommend this book but most especially to those who have read Elizabeth Aston's previous `Pride and Prejudice' sequels.
review 2: This was a fun book. I listened to the audio version.The characters were easy to like, and easy to care about. The writing dilemmas felt very believable and I enjoyed reading about a writer. The tidbits of info about Jane Austen were fun, and the story had some good twists. I wasn't sure I could suspend my disbelief enough to truly like this story, but the author handled the story very well, and I was surprised and pleased. less

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