Jane Austen : A Life Revealed (Hardcover)

from carolvanbrocklin

Seriously, this read like someone's thesis. There was some fun facts in there but a lot of the book was telling ABOUT Austen's books which if you had picked up this book to begin with, I would assume you know most of them and didn't need quite so much detail.

from TheTreeReader

I just re-read this review and I think it is pretty obvious that I have no idea how I feel about this book. I am all over the place. I both liked this book and felt like it didn't do what it was supposed to do, tell me more about Jane Austen. Jane Austen: A Life Revealed is a short, fast, easy t...

from melissarochelle

ARC received as e-book via NetGalley.com The book: I enjoyed Reef's writing. She made it a little more conversational then simply writing known facts about Austen. I also appreciated her discussion of the times of Jane Austen. However, when Austen's books are discussed, Reef ruined the books. I u...

from lilibrarian

This short biography of Jane Austen gives a window into her life. It includes short synnopsis of her major works and tells about her family.

from VandyGirl

"Jane Austen: A Life Revealed" is a biography of the writer aimed toward young adult readers, to be released in April 2011. Although there was not much in the way of evidence left behind by Austen and her family, Reef does a good job of pulling together bits of letters and historical documents, a...