Miss Austen: the #1 bestseller and one of the best novels of the year according to the Times and Observer
Author: Gill Hornby
ISBN: 9781787469778
Price: Rs. 349.60 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
NOW A MAJOR SERIES ON BBC ONE AND BBC iPLAYER STARRING KEELEY HAWES 'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved' Observer 'So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining - I adored it' Claire Tomalin 'Celebrates unexamined lives, sisterhood and virtues such as kindness and loyalty' Sunday Times 'Sparkling novel' Daily Mail 'I read the book and laughed and sobbed' Keeley Hawes ___________ Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation, or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity? Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen. ___________ 'The perfect book to wrap yourself around on a dark night' STYLIST 'This is a deeply imagined and deeply moving novel' KAREN JOY FOWLER, author of The Jane Austen Bookclub 'It's a delight, one of those that you don't want to end.' RTE 'A charming novel' SUNDAY MIRROR 'Hornby brings to life the Austen family, using the known to speculate on what might have been' THE TIMES Audio Book of the Week 'Extraordinary and heart-wrenching' LARA PRESCOTT, author of The Secrets We Kept 'Gill Hornby ingeniously imagines what Cassandra Austen's own life might have been like.' DEIRDRE LE FAYE, editor of Jane Austen's Letters 'Tender and touching' DAILY MAIL 'Utterly absorbing' ARTEMIS COOPER 'Delightful' SUE RYAN, founder of Henley Lit Fest ___________ Loved Miss Austen? Check out Gill Hornby's wonderful new novel, The Elopement! Read more
Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: English, 432 pages. Reference ISBN: 9781787469778.
About the Author
Gill Hornby is an acclaimed British novelist, journalist, and author of Godmersham Park and All Together Now.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Ages 6–10 / Early Readers
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 9781787469778
- Publisher
- Arrow / Cornerstone (Penguin UK)
- Pan-India Delivery
- Dispatches in 24–48 Hours across India
What is this book about?
NOW A MAJOR SERIES ON BBC ONE AND BBC iPLAYER STARRING KEELEY HAWES 'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved' Observer 'So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining - I adored it' Claire Tomalin 'Celebrates unexamined lives, sisterhood and virtues such as kindness and loyalty'...
Who should read this book?
Ideal for young readers, parents, and elementary school students looking for an engaging, humor-filled adventure that builds reading confidence and vocabulary.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this if you’re drawn to intimate, character-rich stories that reveal the quiet power of women’s lives. Set in the shadow of Jane Austen’s legacy, this novel blends history and emotion with warmth and intelligence. As Cassandra’s memories unfold, you experience love, regret, loyalty, and the cost of protecting family secrets. It’s a deeply moving, beautifully written read that makes you laugh, ache, and see a literary icon—and her sister—through tender, human eyes.
- Published by Arrow / Cornerstone (Penguin UK).
- Language: English.
- Page count: 432.
Catalog Description
NOW A MAJOR SERIES ON BBC ONE AND BBC iPLAYER STARRING KEELEY HAWES 'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved' Observer 'So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining - I adored it' Claire Tomalin 'Celebrates unexamined lives, sisterhood and virtues such as kindness and loyalty' Sunday Times 'Sparkling novel' Daily Mail 'I read the book and laughed and sobbed' Keeley Hawes ___________ Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows...
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