Jane Austen: A Biography

Name: Jane Austen: A Biography
Brand: Naxos
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Jenkins
ISBN: 9789629544607

Author: Elizabeth Jenkins

Narrator: Teresa Gallagher

Unabridged: 2 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 05/01/2000

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography

Synopsis

This highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen is regarded as the classic biography of one the greatest English novelists. It illustrates not only the character and opinions of an unusually perceptive and gifted woman, but also the social life amongst the county gentry of Georgian England. Outside her writing, Jane Austen’s main interest was her large and affectionate family and their circle of friends. This is the world she so brilliantly depicted in her novels, and Elizabeth Jenkins shows how often the settings and characters mirrored the writer’s own life in Hampshire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol Bakker

Two surprises on this one: it was abridged (sad face), and it was written in 1938. Elizabeth Jenkins was a founding member of the Jane Austen Society. Teresa Gallagher gave an excellent narration, just the right timbre. I'm impressed with the production standards at Naxos Audiobooks. The book gave m......more

Goodreads review by Cyndi

This was much better than I expected it to be. It’s written with a feel of Jane Austen. Almost like she wrote her own biography. Nice!......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

Nothing special about it but it is a quick read and interesting if you like Jane Austen. Its failing is that it maintains that British reserve towards its subject so that even though the author uses Austen's and family members' own letters as source material, you still don't feel like you are gettin......more