Cassandra and Jane: A Personal Journey Through the Lives of the Austen Sisters - Softcover

Pitkeathley, Jill

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9780952821052: Cassandra and Jane: A Personal Journey Through the Lives of the Austen Sisters

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ISBN 10: 0952821052 ISBN 13: 9780952821052

Publisher: Copperfield Books Limited, 2004

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This is the story of a relationship between two sisters. One, Jane Austen, became a famous author; the other, her beloved elder sister Cassandra, was her confidante and supporter. It is suspected and often lamented that some of the letters which Jane Austen wrote to her family and friends were deliberately destroyed by Cassandra after Jane’s death. Thus posterity has not had the chance to learn much about their relationship or Jane’s sometimes controversial comments on the people she met and on the established social norms of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

After their father’s death, they lived together with their mother, suffering at first hand the lack of income and dependency on their relatives which was the fate of the single woman with little status in the social hierarchies of the time, and which Jane Austen used to such brilliant effect in her novels.

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Review:

"Lively...a must-read for Austen fans." -- Booklist

Lively...a must-read for Austen fans. --Booklist

"CASSANDRA AND JANE transports the reader into Jane Austen's world...I loved every word of it."--Ruth Rendell

"A meticulously researched, engrossing and intimate portrait of Jane Austen's life, sensitively told through the eyes of her sister Cassandra, this poignant and often painstakingly honest tribute is also a celebration of the enduring strength of sisterly love."--Syrie James, author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

"This delightful book offers unique insight into the Austen sisters' relationship."--Janet Aylmer, author of DARCY'S STORY

"Cassandra's voice is perfectly pitched, true to Austen's England, and jam-packed with Austen trivia. "--Publishers Weekly

"Lively...a must-read for Austen fans."--Booklist

A meticulously researched, engrossing and intimate portrait of Jane Austen s life, sensitively told through the eyes of her sister Cassandra, this poignant and often painstakingly honest tribute is also a celebration of the enduring strength of sisterly love. --Syrie James, author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen"

Lively...a must-read for Austen fans. --Booklist"

Cassandra s voice is perfectly pitched, true to Austen s England, and jam-packed with Austen trivia. --Publishers Weekly"

From the Author:

This story Cassandra and Jane is a fictional account of what might have been. I intend the book to be a homage to Jane and to the sister whom she loved more than any other person. Some of the conversations I have suggested could have taken place, may indeed have happened; others may not have done. I hope those who read this ‘fictional memoire’ will accept that the book is offered with respect and admiration to the memory to these two remarkable women.

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