Title: Fascinating Reading
Review: There is only one known portrait of Jane Austen. Likewise, little is known about her outside of her writings. This has bred endless curiosity on the part of some and it is about this type of folks that Karen Joy Fowler's novel The Jane Austen Book Club is about.Only one of the members of this fictious club is a man. Much of the novel revolves the relationship between the female members and the lone male. Fowler does a wonderful job with her rich characterizations; no cardboard characters here.One of the best aspects of this book is that the novel is followed up by an essay about Jane Austen and her works. There is also an excellent series of thought provoking Questions For Discussion concerning the works of Jane Austen.This is an excellent, if unusual, work.
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