Jane Austen: A Penguin Life
Carol Shields
Jane Austen, the acclaimed author of Pride and Prejudice,
Sense and
Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, and
others, was a
ground-breaking writer of her time and one who continues to influence others more
than a century later. Carol Shields explores the life of this amazing
woman who wrote in a time period when women were not considered capable or
suitable to wear a writer's cloak.
This summary is courtesy of McNaughton Books