Jane Austen

by Norman Sherry

Jane Austen

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Norman Sherry was an English novelist, biographer, and educator who was best known for his three-volume biography of the British novelist Graham Greene. He was Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University.
Sherry was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, the younger twin (by eleven minutes) of Alan. Sherry studied at King's College, Newcastle, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He also wrote on Joseph Conrad, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Jane Austen. His Life of Graham Greene was praised by David Lodge for being "a remarkable and heroic achievement" that he predicted would prove "the definitive biography of record" of Greene.
From 1983, Sherry held the post of Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Literature at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
He was married three times: first to the children's novelist Sylvia Sherry, then to Carmen Flores (with whom he had a son and a daughter), and finally to Pat Villalon.

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don’t think he loves Jane Austen enough, but he was illuminating on Persuasion, and I enjoy his insights, juxtaposing the speeches of Mary Crawford and Elizabeth.

[Stephen Antczak · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was useful to me in clarifying my thoughts about Jane Austen's novels. I mention it in my Dive-In video where I discuss them on my YouTube channel, @INerdius.

[Carole · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short and sweet analyses of Austen's major works. The author discusses austen's writing style, her logic, her character development, her moral attitudes, and the strata of society she wrote about. Norman Sherry's analyses of Austen is well presented and easy to read.