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blondierocket's review against another edition
3.0
James Edward Austen-Leigh is a distant relative of Jane Austen and I believe, much like he has said throughout the book, that his purpose was so people could know the real Jane Austen and share her more personal life and her journey in writing six very amazing books.
My most favorite part of the book would probably be the never before published chapters from Persuasion and then a number of chapters from the last book Austen was writing before she died. It had no title and they weren’t even able to tell who the main focus was to be on, even though she had at least a dozen chapters completed.
My most favorite part of the book would probably be the never before published chapters from Persuasion and then a number of chapters from the last book Austen was writing before she died. It had no title and they weren’t even able to tell who the main focus was to be on, even though she had at least a dozen chapters completed.
lprnana6572's review against another edition
5.0
This was a very interesting book by Jane Austen's nephew who knew her when he was a child.
eastofthesunwestofthemoon's review against another edition
4.0
3 stars for the actual biography portion. It's not bad, considering the dearth of source material, but it is dated and dry and doesn't bring Jane Austen as much to life as I would have liked. However, I'm bumping the work to 4 stars for the inclusion of The Watsons and Lady Susan, both of which were excellent reads and neither of which I had read before. I can only regret that Jane Austen never had time to finish writing The Watsons , although I now believe I will seek out some of the completions by modern authors and see if any of them satisfy.
keraashley's review against another edition
1.75
1.75 for unseen jane content, but her nephew is a punk
harpirl's review against another edition
3.0
The writing style of this book is a bit dull. Sorry Jane Austen, it isn't you but your family members who wrote and compiled this memoir, most of whom barely remembered or knew you because they were much too young. Still, there are some fun interesting bits within. There was also plenty of praise for their Auntie!
debralewi's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
bookbelle5_17's review against another edition
I attempted to read the one found in Penguin Classic's edition of Persuasion and maybe it's not helping that I have Booktube videos on in the background, but I'm feeling interest in this memoir. It's too bad because I could have included it for Non-fiction November, but alas it's not working for me. The introduction does warn that a lot personal things were left out to protect this beloved author's image, but I wonder what Jane herself would think. What I have read so far is a history lesson on her family and paints Ms. Austen as "Dear Aunt Jane", and after reading Julie Andrew's second memoir this is disappointing. Maybe it's also the time period it was written. Anyway, this is a DNF, but I might possibly read in the future.
carmenna's review against another edition
3.0
Il Ricordo di Jane Austen scritto dal nipote James Edward è una delle testimonianze più complete e attendibili che possediamo riguardo alla scrittrice inglese.
Ho trovato interessanti le informazioni riguardo al suo background, e, già solo dopo due capitoli, mi sono ritrovata, inaspettatamente, a sentirmi commossa nel leggere della vita di questa donna, soprattutto del suo amore per i bambini.
Ho apprezzato particolarmente le memorie di Anna Lefroy e Caroline Austen poste alla fine del volume.
Da segnalare la quantità di interessati note di cui è corredato il volume tradotto da Giuseppe Ierolli (e fruibile gratuitamente online).
http://iltesorodicarta.blogspot.com/2020/04/persuasion-screenplay-ricordo-di-jane-austen-longbourn-s-songbird.html
Ho trovato interessanti le informazioni riguardo al suo background, e, già solo dopo due capitoli, mi sono ritrovata, inaspettatamente, a sentirmi commossa nel leggere della vita di questa donna, soprattutto del suo amore per i bambini.
Ho apprezzato particolarmente le memorie di Anna Lefroy e Caroline Austen poste alla fine del volume.
Da segnalare la quantità di interessati note di cui è corredato il volume tradotto da Giuseppe Ierolli (e fruibile gratuitamente online).
http://iltesorodicarta.blogspot.com/2020/04/persuasion-screenplay-ricordo-di-jane-austen-longbourn-s-songbird.html