Back to Blog
0 Ratings 0 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Borrow Listen. This delightful, meticulously researched novel is followed by an afterword about the actual people and events on which the novel is based, including Jane Austen’s disabled brother, George and the whirlwind courtship of Jane (Jenny) Cooper. I was Jane Austens best friend by Cora Harrison, 2010, Delacorte Press edition, in English - 1st U.S. When Jenny falls utterly in love with a handsome naval officer who better to help her than Jane herself, already an expert in love and relationships? With Alison Larkin’s delightful narration, you’ll feel yourself transported to 1791, meeting Jane Austen at age 16, and experiencing what life was like in that long-ago time. When fifteen-year-old Jane Austen’s shy cousin Jenny comes to stay, their evenings are a blur of beautiful dresses, balls, gossip and romance their days are spend writing about them-Jenny in her diary, Jane in her witty first attempts at fiction.
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |