Jane Austen Miscellany

By Sourcebooks, Inc. and Lesley Bolton

Book Overview

In a modest effort to feed the longing for more Jane than we can ever get, The Jane Austen Miscellany is a generous serving of: -Fascinating facts of Jane's life and career -Quotes from admirers and detractors (can you believe she had detractors?) -Quotes from your favorite characters -The barbed wit of Jane herself -Revealing excerpts from Jane's personal letters -Profiles of Jane's brooding heroes, feisty heroines, comically flawed relatives and scurrilous villains -The best of the sequels: suggestions for further reading and movie viewing -Much, much more! The Jane Austen Miscellany is the ultimate guide of everything Jane Austen for those who just can't get enough! "For reading Jane Austen, to those who love her, is like mounting with wings as eagles; we cannot tire." -G.B Stern

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402206852
• ISBN13: 9781402206856
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

This is delightful!

This wonderful little book is full of quotes from Jane's letters and books. In addition you get little tidbits about different movies and mini series that have been made over the years and trivia about Jane's family and different biographies. Also included are the charming illustrations by Henry Matthew Brock and Charles Edmund Brock depicting scenes from her books. I leave this book out on my coffee table for my fellow Jane-ites to enjoy. It is also there for my friends who are just discovering or have not yet discovered the delights of reading Jane Austen. There is always room for another fan of this wonderfully witty woman and helps the neophytes discover "what all the fuss is about."