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The Missing Manuscript Of Jane Austen (2012)

by Syrie James(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0425253368 (ISBN13: 9780425253366)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Penguin Group (USA)

review 1: I wish I could give this book 3.5 stars because I more than liked it, but I don't know if I could say I REALLY liked it. The weak spot of this novel is the story outside of the "Austen" manuscript - it was forced and frivolous and the writing just wasn't that great. But "The Stanhorpes" was fun and I really enjoyed it. Was it the same caliber as Jane Austen? No, of course not, but it was a fun read and I could imagine it as a younger, less experienced Jane Austen work. That being said, I flew through this book and would recommend it.
review 2: I find myself sometimes forgetting Austen didn't really write The Stanhopes! The author did a great job of capturing the essence of Austen within the manuscript , and I thought that the mystery of the manuscript itself wa... mores intriguing. The bit of this book that I was no so taken with was the modern day relationship. I did not feel as though there was enough of a connection between the characters and that it was a bit rushed. Then again, when it comes to a book-within-a-book set up I almost always find myself much preferring the inner story, so perhaps that's just my perception of it. less

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