Jill Pitkeathley
Autor/a de Cassandra and Jane
Sobre l'autor
Jill Pitkeathley was born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands of the United Kingdom. She was involved for a long time with social work in the UK and worldwide. In 1997 Prime Minister Tony Blair made her a Life Peer in the House of Lords. She has survived cancer twice and began writing about Jane mostra'n més Austen after this second incident. Her first novel concerning Austen was entitled Cassandra and Jane. The second book, Dearest Cousin Jane, is now in paperback. Pitkeathley lives in Herefordshire, England. mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Jill Pitkeathley
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Gènere
- female
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 5
- Membres
- 274
- Popularitat
- #84,603
- Valoració
- 3.4
- Ressenyes
- 9
- ISBN
- 16
- Llengües
- 2
If the novel is subpar, the author commentary at the end is nothing but pages of textbook feminist robotic repeatings. "Subjugation" of women, "marriage almost always led to a life of endless childbearing with all of its inherent dangers"...yada yada yada... Oh, and this one: "marriage had to be the aim because without it any unmarried woman was totally dependent on the support of her male relatives..." Even though the very person she's writing about proved herself to be an independent woman of means---as did many, many women of the day. Times are not that different now---much as we'd like to imagine them to be.
All in all, I enjoyed the Jane reminiscing as I'd not read anything about her in awhile---but I found this work to be mainly a regurgitation of all the facts we Janeites are already welllllllll aware of.… (més)