Jane Austen (Biography

by Amy Ruth Allen

Lerner Publications and the A&E Television Networks have teamed up to create Biography for young readers. With highly accessible text and engaging photographs, this engrossing collection offers in-depth profiles of some of the world's most interesting figures.

Genres: Biography

112 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Amy Ruth Allen writes uplifting, wholesome women's fiction set in small towns and featuring a parade of quirky and lovable characters. The heartwarming Finch's Crossing series evokes the special joys of the seasons as the four Hamilton sisters search for love, personal fulfillment, and a renewed connection to the place they call home.

Reviews

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative, especially for such a short book. It included pictures of people and places related to Jane. It's so sad that she died young. It devastated her sister, and she didn't even live to see all of her books published. Jane Austen was truly a literary genius.

[Delyna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for kids to help clarify some facts about Jane Austen. Madison had watched an edited version of "Becoming Jane" and we wanted to check some facts and see how many liberties were taken with the movie.

What was nice about this biography is that they included excerpts from her books during the times that she wrote them. It was interesting to see how events in her life correlated to her writing.

[Staci · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanted to learn more about Jane and this biography was pretty good. I really liked the pictures and the writing sample that they featured. There is no way that I would've been able to write like that(I'm referring to her penmanship)...I can barely read it!! It is truly amazing to see how much her life resembled her stories in her books.

[Savannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all time favorite authors is Jane Austen. She has written Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, and more.

I picked up this book to learn more about this magnifecient author and was pleased once I was finished with it. This particular biography was very well written for it was written in a great way that wasn't dull like many other biographies I have read before.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A small yet very informative book on Jane Austen. I'm a fan so I thought I'd learn about her. What I liked most about this Biography was that it was short but told me all I wanted, interesting enough t want to continually read it. I'm glad I did.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this book very interesting and learned a few things about my favorite author. This book also led me to other authors that I'm looking forward to checking out.