Jane Fairfax
Jane Austen's Emma has been a favorite novel for Austenites since 1816. In the mid-1990s it became a favorite movie for millions of new admirers.A key reason for Emma's success is that the story has two heroines-Emma Woodhouse and Jane Fairfax. In Austen's novel, Jane's backgound is left obscure,...
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Jane Austen's Emma has been a favorite novel for Austenites since 1816. In the mid-1990s it became a favorite movie for millions of new admirers.A key reason for Emma's success is that the story has two heroines-Emma Woodhouse and Jane Fairfax. In Austen's novel, Jane's backgound is left obscure, and the turmoil underlying her current reduced circumstances in mysterious.At last we learn her whole story in Joan Aiken's superb retelling of Emma-this time from Jane Fairfax's point of view. When Jane Fairfax was published in hardcover, Aiken's wit, style, and skill prompted Booklist to say, "Brilliant...extraordinarily will done and highly recommended."This worthy companion to the great original is for the first time now available in paperback.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312157074 (031215707X)
ASIN: 031215707X
Publish date: March 15th 1997
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Historical Romance,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Regency,
Retellings
This started off as extremely promising. For the first few chapters, the writing could almost (almost) have been Austen. However, I was thrown out of the story abruptly in the middle when the main character began referring to male colleagues (all of whom were above her station) by their first name...
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