Title: Poor, poor Jane
Review: A book dedicated to the wit, charm, sophistication and style of Austen's novels, this one fails to win hearts or minds using any of the above criteria. The characters are unlikeable (except maybe for the dogs), and the book is thin and insubstantially written, with no detectable "voice" or style. The nice irony of this book is that it will probably be read by a great many book clubs, although the sheer banality of the story is enough to put one off book clubs forever.Read Austen instead. And when you're done, read some of the feminist Austen scholars quoted in the back of this book, to get a sense of what a real engagement with Austen's work might look like.
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