A review by kategci
Miss Austen by Gill Hornby

3.0

Thank you to BookBrowse.com for an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review. This review is similar to what is posted there. 3.5 stars. I have read only one Jane Austen novel and this book strives to match the tone of her books. Elderly Cassandra has been Jane's protector and though Jane has been dead for 23 years, she continues to worry and fret about her reputation. She has traveled to retrieve correspondence between Jane and an old friend. Much of this is a novel of manners and"doing the right thing and behaving the right way." Towards the end, I was ready for it to be over. It is a quick read and probably of much more interest to true Jane fans rather than dabblers like myself.