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A review by manglitter
A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections by James Edward Austen-Leigh
3.0
3 stars in respect of J.A
I decided to read this book for the July Jane Austen as my read a non-fiction work about J.A or her time and also because I wanted to read this book for such a long time but I ended up not really liking it mainly because I felt like it wasn't really the Jane Austen that I know about and that I love who is portrayed in this book.
It felt overdone with some irrelevant informations not about Jane but about His little recollections of everything at that time and then about dear aunt Jane whom he was portraying her more as a kind of a pious saint woman with no faults.
Anyway, I discovered Jane Austen since 2005 and all this time I've read and watched an amount of things about her life and her character, so I kind of think that I know her a little somehow. Here, it looks like he is talking about his dear domestic old grandma!! I'm disappointed by this book written by a male chauvenist clergyman and not someone who really knew who was Jane Austen. I mean, has he really read all her books? Or,do you think that he took long walks with her while sharing their thoughts about things?
I decided to read this book for the July Jane Austen as my read a non-fiction work about J.A or her time and also because I wanted to read this book for such a long time but I ended up not really liking it mainly because I felt like it wasn't really the Jane Austen that I know about and that I love who is portrayed in this book.
It felt overdone with some irrelevant informations not about Jane but about His little recollections of everything at that time and then about dear aunt Jane whom he was portraying her more as a kind of a pious saint woman with no faults.
Anyway, I discovered Jane Austen since 2005 and all this time I've read and watched an amount of things about her life and her character, so I kind of think that I know her a little somehow. Here, it looks like he is talking about his dear domestic old grandma!! I'm disappointed by this book written by a male chauvenist clergyman and not someone who really knew who was Jane Austen. I mean, has he really read all her books? Or,do you think that he took long walks with her while sharing their thoughts about things?