Books and Things 38.8K subscribers · Jul 26, 2021

Ranking Jane Austen Biographies

  • Ranking · 8 books

Reviews8

there are a lot of things that I really liked about this I think it's a really interesting idea for a book Henry Austin is my favorite Austin sibling and one that I find fascinating ... The thing that I do not like about this book though is that EJ Clary does spend quite a while suggesting that there was some kind of incestous relationship or incestous feeling between Jan Austin and her brother Henry

Jane AustenClaire Tomalin
Mixed

I have very mixed feelings on this biography it's quite high up this list because I do think that it is a very good biography and I also do think it is a good place to start with learning about J noon's life

if you're interested in Jane Lawson's life you should read her letters and her letters are wonderful ... Jan Austin's wit is there in her letters and her letters some of them are hilarious and wonderful

The invisible womanClaire Tomalin
Not a fan

I have read one other biography by her as well The Invisible Woman which is her biography of dickens's mistress ... I found this both in Jane of life and also in The Invisible Woman where she was talking about dickens's work I just think I have completely different opinions on literature to CLA Tomlin