The Jane Austen Diet, Jane Austen
The Jane Austen Diet, Jane Austen
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The Jane Austen Diet
Austen’s Secrets to Food, Health, and Incandescent Happiness

Author: Jane Austen, Bryan Kozlowski

Narrator: Steve Marvel

Unabridged: 6 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2019


Synopsis

What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blown …From the food secrets of Pride and Prejudice to the fitness strategies of Sense and Sensibility, there’s a modern health code hidden in the world’s most popular romances.Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this “health and happiness” manifesto straight from Jane Austen’s pen, revealing why her prescriptions for achieving total body “bloom” still matter in the twenty-first century. Whether that’s learning how to eat like Lizzie Bennet, exercise like Emma Woodhouse, or think like Elinor Dashwood, explore how Austen’s timeless body beliefs are more relevant, refreshing, and scientifically sensible now than ever before. After all, it’s still a truth universally acknowledged—Jane Austen’s heroines don’t get fat.

About Jane Austen

Though the domain of Jane Austen’s novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family’s entertainment. As a clergyman’s daughter from a well-connected family, she had ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At 21, she began a novel called “The First Impressions,” an early version of Pride and Prejudice. In 1801, on her father’s retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of Northanger Abby to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear in print was Sense and Sensibility, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815).After her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote Persuasion and revised Northanger Abby. Her last work, Sandition, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen’s identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of Northanger Abby and Persuasion in 1818.

About Bryan Kozlowski

Bryan Kozlowski is a passionate champion of “lit wit”—bringing the wisdom of classic literature into everyday life. From Charles Dickens to children’s cookbooks, his books celebrate the modern magic of living literarily. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post, Slate, and other publications

About Steve Marvel

Multiple Voice Arts Award nominee Steve Marvel is one of only four narrators to be chosen a winner of the ACX Audiobook Narration Contest by Audible's Mike Charzuk. Steve received his classical theater training at Northwestern University and continues to work in theater, film, and television. The former voice of financial writer John Mauldin's Thoughts from the Frontline weekly newsletter, Steve's voice-over work also includes video games for the likes of Mattel, Sony, and Activision, and regular stints in eLearning. Steve applies his performance skills and mastery of accents to craft unique, distinctive characters for his fiction titles.


Reviews

Here’s my list of Austen novels, from favourite to least favourite: 1. Persuasion- My favourite Austen! It is the shortest and the one with the most enduring romance plot. And it is also the one where she attacks society with the most vigour. Not a word is wasted: it is compact and moves quickly.......more

Goodreads review by leynes

Jane Austen has completed seven novels during her lifetime. I read her six big novels from November 2016 to June 2017, so it's been a hot minute (and I'm not opposed to rereading them), but I thought it'd be fun to rank them all, now that I've read Lady Susan as well: 1. Lady Susan (5 st......more


Quotes

“Austen fans and superfans will enjoy being reminded of how smart she actually is about our health, and how she uses food, eating, and exercise as shorthand for character.” New York Times Book Review

“Refreshingly fun—a must read for anyone jilted by modern diet culture.” Self magazine

The Jane Austen Diet isn’t just another book of rules and regulations telling you what and what not to eat. It is ultimately a well-researched guide to free yourself from obsessive dieting and shift your focus to enhancing your physical, mental, and emotional health for a better quality of life with plenty of laughs along the way.” Cooking Light magazine

“Hands down, the most spirited and satisfying wellness guide I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Jane was a genius—and so is this delightful book.” Lauren Mechling, author of How Could She