Jane Austen
The Original Romance Novelist
$26.97
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2025
Summary
Take a trip back in time to the Regency-era life of Jane Austen, one of literature’s most beloved novelists, with this captivating exploration of her works and the timeless themes of romance, family, and society.
Pocket Portraits: Jane Austen takes you through the moments of Jane Austen’s life—some well-known and some which may be unexpected. These are the moments that shaped her six published novels, which draw deeply on themes of family, agency, philosophy,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781507224151 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 150722415X |
| Author: | Janet Lewis Saidi |
| Publisher: | Adams Media Corporation |
| Imprint: | Adams Media Corporation |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 114mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Pocket Portraits |
Critics Review
“If you can’t get enough of Jane Austen’s work, learn more about her and the world that she lived in with this gorgeous book that’s part inspiring biography, part celebration of her brilliance.”
—Lizz Schumer, People Magazine
Janet Lewis Saidi
Janet Lewis Saidi is the creator of The Austen Connection, a public-humanities and journalism project that connects Austen’s literature to the pop-culture and current events of our world today. The project has been featured in numerous publications such as Electric Lit and The Christian Science Monitor, and at national and international conferences such as Melbourne’s AustenCon and the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) AGM. A professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, Janet has taught writing, editing, and producing for fourteen years. In addition to her work as a producer at KBIA, her journalistic work has appeared on NPR, the BBC, PBS, and in Los Angeles Times and The Christian Science Monitor.
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