‘The Jane Austen Book Club’ convinces readers to try Jane Austen
An article in the Record (Stockton, California) quotes members of book clubs who found The Jane Austen Book Club sufficiently interesting that they are considering reading Jane Austen’s novels.
Morada resident Margaret Tracy said she’s also unimpressed with Austen, but she’s found the Fowler novel so appealing that she’s thinking of giving Austen another shot. “Everybody does say Austen is a wonderful author. Maybe I should spend a little more time and effort on the classics. Perhaps I read them superficially.”
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So what was Jane Austen really like?
It’s clear that she was very witty, Fowler said, and had a very sharp eye for human frailty. But would she have been good company?
“She would see through you pretty readily, but that’s about as far as you can go,” she said. “You can make her whatever you want: I have six characters in my book, and they all make her what they want.”
