Jane’s Fame by Claire Harman

October 9, 2014 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. Read by Wanda McCaddon. Tantor Media, 2010. 9 hours, 2 minutes. Library copy. While Harman spends the first two chapters of her book on a biography of Jane Austen, seventy-five percent of the book is devoted to analyzing her cultural influence and why people have such strong opinions about the author almost two hundred years after her death. Harman explains the paradox of an academically revered author whose work has served as the inspiration for quote-unquote chick […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Audiobook, Austen Inspired, Europe, Nonfiction, United Kingdom • Tags: Claire Harman, Wanda McCaddon