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nicolamichelle 's review for:
An A-Z of Jane Austen
by Michael Greaney
A brilliant idea and fly by stop of Jane Austen’s most iconic reads. With Interconnected discussions of 26 keywords (an alphabet letter prompt for each word) providing a gloriously insightful and fresh perspective of this famous and well know stories.
They read like little mini essays on each word, focusing a dialogue around each prompt and incorporating the array of Austen’s work centred around the word representing the letter of the alphabets. From Accidents to Matchmaking to Horses to ZigZag, I loved how the author got inventive with the chosen words.
It provided a new and novel perspective for me to Austen’s books (even though I have yet to read them all. I’m currently at half of her works). Getting a glimpse into her potential thought processes, her experiences in life and what life was like in that era. I think the book would have benefited from a few illustrations though to break up the text, as it felt like a lot of heavy writing at times.
It’s certainly a must read for any literary fan and lover of Jane Austen’s books. It would be of great benefit too to any students of literatures or those doing their A-levels on such a topic.
Thank you to the author and publisher for this book via NetGalley in return for my honest thoughts and review.
They read like little mini essays on each word, focusing a dialogue around each prompt and incorporating the array of Austen’s work centred around the word representing the letter of the alphabets. From Accidents to Matchmaking to Horses to ZigZag, I loved how the author got inventive with the chosen words.
It provided a new and novel perspective for me to Austen’s books (even though I have yet to read them all. I’m currently at half of her works). Getting a glimpse into her potential thought processes, her experiences in life and what life was like in that era. I think the book would have benefited from a few illustrations though to break up the text, as it felt like a lot of heavy writing at times.
It’s certainly a must read for any literary fan and lover of Jane Austen’s books. It would be of great benefit too to any students of literatures or those doing their A-levels on such a topic.
Thank you to the author and publisher for this book via NetGalley in return for my honest thoughts and review.