Becoming Jane Austen
by Jon Spence
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Author: Jon SpenceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-03
ISBN: 1847250467
Number of pages: 294
Publisher: Continuum
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- ISBN13: 9781847250469
- Condition: NEW
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Book Review: Biographical fact. Not like the movie.
Summary: 3 Stars
Spence gets Austen's life to us in a dry, factual way. The movie took these facts, put them in a blender, embellished, and made a wonderful flick. However, if you wanted to get this book as a read of the movie, you're out of luck. Hollywood SHOULD get their facts straight. I don't blame Spence for that. He just lucked out that someone took his book, gave him money, meanwhile making a lovely (if quite fictitious) 'based on' biography.
Summary of Becoming Jane Austen
Jon Spence's fascinating biography paints an intimate portrait of Jane Austen. "Becoming Jane Austen" gives the fullest account we have of her falling in love with the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy, a relationship that was more serious and enduring than previously believed and one that had a profound effect upon her life and her art. The elegant narrative examines Austen's other emotional attachments, building a picture of her world as she herself perceived and experienced it. It is a world familiar to us from her novels, but in "Becoming Jane Austen", Jane herself is the heroine.Authors Books
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