The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

Name: The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Syrie James
ISBN: 9781470353810

Author: Syrie James

Narrator: Stina Nielsen

Unabridged: 9 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/18/2013

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women

Synopsis

In The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, screenwriter, playwright, and British literature expert Syrie James imagines a hidden journal kept by Jane Austen from 1815 to 1817. This revealing narrative tells the poignant tale of the blossoming romance between Jane and a landed aristocrat. Such a love fills the 30-something Jane with hope for marriage and provides her with fodder for her finest writing. "Tantalizing, tender, and true to the Austen mythos."-Library Journal

About Syrie James

Syrie James is the bestselling author of The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë and The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen. A member of the Writers Guild of America, she is also a screenwriter and lecturer. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christina

Jane Austen. Fact: born December 16, 1775; died July 18, 1817 at age 41. Fact: never married. Fact: wrote six complete novels, including a few unfinished works, and juvenilia. Fact: lived out her life in a quiet Chawton Cottage with her older, spinster sister Cassandra and aging mother. Also known i......more

Goodreads review by Annette

This fictional story was inspired by true events, when Jane Austen memoirs were discovered hidden in the attic. The author skillfully weaves a story based on the found memoirs and Jane Austen’s novels bringing the characters and language as almost written by Jane Austen about herself. The memoirs giv......more

Goodreads review by Maja

A MUST READ FOR ALL AUSTEN FANS I have been on a bit of an Austen trip lately and this book was the perfect continuation. It is a fictionalized account of Austen's life written as if by herself. And how masterfully it was done! Reading it I could almost image it really was Austen herself, who penned......more