TITLE: Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine's Guide to Life and Love
AUTHOR: Patrice Hannon
STARTED: November 20, 2009
FINISHED: November 21, 2009
PAGES: 158
GENRE: Fiction
FIRST SENTENCE: Who is there?
SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] Women have looked to Jane Austen's heroines as models of appropriate behavior for nearly two centuries. Who better to understand the heart of a heroine than Austen? In this delightful epistolary "what if," Austen serves as a "Dear Abby" of sorts, using examples from her novels and her life to counsel modern-day heroines in trouble, she also shares with readers a compelling drama playing out in her own drawing room. Witty and wise—and perfectly capturing the tone of the author of Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice—Dear Jane Austen is as satisfying as sitting down to tea with the novelist herself.
THOUGHTS: Ummm... what? Seriously, what was the purpose of this book. I know what it was supposed to do (offer advice), but that's not what it did. What it actually did was leave a perplexed look on my face. Why did I even bother reading this? The advice is something you could get out of a teen magazine, doctored up to sound revelatory.
Points were garnered, however, for the clever turn of phrase and keeping the language sounding as if it came from Austen herself.
RATING: 3/10 [Poor, Lost Interest]
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