| Cassandra's Sister: Growing Up Jane Austen Contributor(s): Bennett, Veronica (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763634646 ISBN-13: 9780763634643 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2007 Annotation: How did a country girl named Jenny become the celebrated novelist Jane Austen? The author of "Angelmonster" invites readers into a society where propriety and marriage rule hand and hand--a milieu where Jenny finds inspiration to write such masterpieces as "Pride and Prejudice." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Historical - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Europe - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007025167 |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.72" W x 8.04" (0.87 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 116704 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Blends romance and tart courtship commentary successfully enough to create new Austen fans, gratify existing ones, and send both back to the stacks for more. -- Booklist (starred review) Young Jane -- or Jenny, as she is called -- is a girl with a head full of questions. Surrounded by her busy parents and brothers, Jenny finds a place for her thoughts in the companionship of her older sister, Cassandra. Theirs is a country life full of balls and visits, at which conversation inevitably centers on one topic: marriage. But the arrival of their worldly-wise cousin disrupts Jenny's world, bringing answers to some of her questions and providing a gem of an idea. Veronica Bennett invites us into a society where propriety and marriage rule hand in hand, a milieu in which Jenny finds inspiration to write the masterpieces Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility -- a world where a clever young girl will one day become the beloved Jane Austen. |