I Was Jane Austens Best Friend, Cora Harrison
I Was Jane Austens Best Friend, Cora Harrison
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I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend

Author: Cora Harrison

Narrator: Alison Larkin

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/25/2018


Synopsis

Bestselling novelist Cora Harrison’s light historical romance in the form of a secret diary was inspired by real life events in the Austen family and will delight Jane Austen fans everywhere. When fifteen-year-old Jane Austen’s shy cousin Jenny comes to stay, their evenings are a blur of beautiful dresses, balls, gossip and romance; their days are spend writing about them—Jenny in her diary, Jane in her witty first attempts at fiction. When Jenny falls utterly in love with a handsome naval officer who better to help her than Jane herself, already an expert in love and relationships? With Alison Larkin’s delightful narration, you’ll feel yourself transported to 1791, meeting Jane Austen at age 16, and experiencing what life was like in that long-ago time.This delightful, meticulously researched novel is followed by an afterword about the actual people and events on which the novel is based, including Jane Austen’s disabled brother, George and the whirlwind courtship of Jane (Jenny) Cooper.

About Cora Harrison

Cora Harrison worked as a teacher before she decided to write her first novel, and she has since published over two dozen children’s historical novels and many books for adults. She lives on a farm in the west of Ireland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on April 11, 2011

I was a little skeptical of this one at first, because this is a really bold premise. But I thought it was fun to see a young Jane Austen, as the author imagined her to be, and I thought the writing style, particularly the character descriptions and developing love story were very Austen-esque, albei......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on July 31, 2013

This is a sweet little fictional account of Jane Austen's early years through the eyes of someone who knew her well. Jenny is a great narrator because she's observant and records everything. She's sweet and shy and I like her a lot. I love her romance and the story kept me guessing as to what her he......more