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Obstinate Heart: Jane Austen - A Biography
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Product Description
This biography of Jane Austen examines the author's life and work, drawing on Austen's letters and family papers. It reveals how much of her work was based on her own family and life, and also describes the social scene: fashion, food, travel, dancing, love and money in 19th-century England.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1451819 in Books
- Published on: 1997-03-21
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Customer Reviews
Interesting subject, very poor writing
The only reason that I was able to finish this book was because the subject was interesting; but I would have been better served by simply finding a different biography of Jane Austen.
The writing is absolutely horrible. Often a group of unrelated facts are strung together and called a paragraph. Details are presented with no context on which to hang them, and the story needlessly jumps around.
The writer seems more interested in showing off her research than in composing a readable narrative. This is evidenced by an endless string of people's names that a reader could keep straight only if he or she had a photographic memory.
Don't bother with this book. There must be many other books about Jane Austen that are both interesting and well written.
Not a book I would recommend at all
I have read at least 4 or 5 biographies of Jane Austen, and this one was a waste of paper. Ms. Myer spends a great deal of time reporting verbatim what Jane Austen says in her letters. Having read Jane Austen's letters, (which are readily available in many editions), they are much more interesting than Ms. Myer's transcription of them. Whether she intended it or not, Ms. Myer comes across as petty and spiteful. This book was not a pleasant read as to content. Also, it was not very well written. I was highly disappointed in it.
a dreadfull schoolgirl account
This book reads like a dime novel in search of a discount. Facetious, petty and juvenile. It will soon end up rightfully in the 70% discounted bin alongside autobiography of Dick Cavett
