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Jane Austen: a Life Revealed


No. of pages 208

Published: 2011

Great for age 12-18 years

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Jane Austen's popularity never seems to fade. She has hordes of devoted fans, and there have been numerous adaptations of her life and work. But who was Jane Austen? The writer herself has long remained a mystery. And despite the resonance her work continues to have for teens, there has never been a young adult biography on Austen. Catherine Reef changes that with this highly readable account. She takes an intimate peek at Austen's life and innermost feelings, interweaving her narrative with well-crafted digests of each of Austen's published novels. The end result is a book that is almost as much fun to read as Jane's own work - and truly a life revealed.

 

 

There are 208 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2011 by Houghton Mifflin .

Catherine Reef is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books, including many highly acclaimed biographies for young people. She lives in College Park, Maryland. Visit her online at catherinereef. com.

 

This book features the following character:

Jane Austen
Jane Austen lived in Georgian England, and as a female author her works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition. Her writing is a critique of the British landed gentry at the end of the eighteenth century, and often a comment on the pursuit of a good match" in matters of marriage.

a JLG selection"Along with extensive details of Austen's family. . .Reef deftly sets the biographical facts onto a larger cultural and historical canvas that will give readers a much deeper understanding of Austen's novels, and well-chosen images, from period paintings and photos to contemporary film stills, add even more context."--Booklist, starred review"Perhaps this work will lead readers to Jane Austen and imaginatively apply the facts of the author's life to the novels--or vice-versa."--Kirkus Reviews