The Jane Austen Book Club (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Karen Joy Fowler
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 2003
- Setting: Central California
- Principal Characters: Jocelyn, Bernadette, Prudie, Grigg, Sylvia, Allegra
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Literature, Books, California, Novelists, Women, Reading, Clubs, social, 2000’s
- Locales: California
In 1901, Joseph Conrad wrote to friend and fellow novelist H. G. Wells: “What is all this about Jane Austen? What is there in her? What is it all about?” The question was probably asked before and has been asked quite often since. After all, nothing about Austen's life or career suggested the kind of posthumous acclaim she was to receive. She was a retiring spinster who spent her entire life in the English countryside. She wrote for three decades but earned virtually nothing for her work during her lifetime. Her father, who acted as her agent, had difficulty getting publishers even...
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