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Cassandra's Sister: Growing Up Jane Austen

by Veronica Bennett

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Synopsis:

How did a country girl named Jenny become the celebrated novelist Jane Austen? A highly engaging historical novel by the author of ANGELMONSTER.

Young Jane — or Jenny, as she is called — is a girl with a head full of questions. Surrounded by her busy parents and brothers, Jenny finds a place for her thoughts in the companionship of her older sister, Cassandra. Theirs is a country life full of balls and visits, at which conversation inevitably centers on one topic: marriage. But the arrival of their worldly-wise cousin disrupts Jenny's world, bringing answers to some of her questions and providing a gem of an idea. Veronica Bennett invites us into a society where propriety and marriage rule hand in hand, a milieu in which Jenny finds inspiration to write the masterpieces PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and SENSE AND SENSIBILITY — a world where a clever young girl will one day become the beloved Jane Austen.

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ISBN:
9780763634643
Subtitle:
Growing Up Jane Austen
Author:
Bennett, Veronica
Publisher:
Candlewick Press (MA)
Subject:
Biographical - European
Subject:
Sisters
Subject:
Authorship
Subject:
Historical fiction
Publication Date:
September 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
227
Dimensions:
804x572x91 87
Age Level:
13-17

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