Paula Byrne JANE AUSTEN RISE OF GENIUS PB Paperback Book

I relished every page This is the best book on Jane Austen I have ever readSpectatorCompelling a delightful and engrossing book Byrnes passion is nothing if not persuasiveSunday TimesWas Jane Austen a woman of prim manners and genteel calm? Or someone who behaved outrageously, filled with sharp wit and wild comedy?Looking afresh at adaptations of Austens work from the BBCs Pride and Prejudice to Emma Thompsons Sense and Sensibility and the wildly successful Clueless bestselling biographer Paula Byrne presents a bold new portrait of Austen as youve never seen her before. A definitive and pioneering study of a wholly neglected aspect of Austens art Michael Caines, TLSEntertaining and engagingLiterary Review..[Previously published as The Genius of Jane Austen] | Paula Byrne JANE AUSTEN RISE OF GENIUS PB Paperback Book