β Scribed by Gill Hornby
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was?
England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting friends and relations and quietly, purposefully working to preserve her sisterβs reputation. Now in her sixties and increasingly frail, Cassandra goes to stay with the Fowles of Kintbury, family of her long-dead fiancΓ©, in search of a trove of Janeβs letters. Dodging her hostess and a meddlesome housemaid, Cassandra eventually hunts down the letters and confronts the secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but about Cassandra herself. Will Cassandra bare the most private details of her life to the world, or commit her sisterβs legacy to the flames?
Moving back and forth between the vicarage and Cassandraβs vibrant memories of her years with Jane, interwoven with Janeβs brilliantly reimagined lost letters,Miss Austenis the untold story of the most important person in Janeβs life. With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, and wit, Gill Hornby finally gives Cassandra her due, bringing to life a woman as captivating as any Austen heroine.
Regency
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
*Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was?* England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting friends and relations and quietly, purposefully working to preserve her si
When a time travelling Jane Austen gets stuck in modern-day Bath it's up to avid Janeite Rose Wallace to save her... because she's the only one who knows that Jane exists! **Rose Wallace's** world revolves around all things Austen, and with the annual festival in Bath - and the arrival of dishy arc
Rose Wallace thought her time-travelling adventures were over. Jane Austen is about to prove her wrong. After becoming trapped in present-day Bath due to a mishap with her time-travelling charm, **Jane Austen** is safe and sound back in the 1800s thanks to **Rose's** help. Now, Rose is ready to foc
Jane Austen's Mansfield Park famously narrates the story of Fanny Price moving in with the Ward family. Written almost two centuries later, Joan Aiken's powerful sequel introduces us t T** _he Youngest Miss Ward_** , Hatty. Although creative, charismatic and witty, Hatty Ward lacks the beauty that