Jane Austen: A Biography
Written by Elizabeth Jenkins
Narrated by Teresa Gallagher
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Elizabeth Jenkins
<p>Elizabeth Jenkins nació en 1905 en Hitchin (Hertfordshire); su padre fundó la Cardicott School, cerca de Londres, aún hoy en funcionamiento. Estudió en Cambridge y fue profesora en la King Alfred School de Hamsptead. Se relacionó con el Grupo de Bloomsbury, aunque parece que no se llevaba muy bien con Virginia Woolf. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial tuvo un papel muy activo ayudando a refugiados judíos y a víctimas de los bombardeos de Londres. Fue una de las fundadoras de la Jane Austen Society. Escribió biografías de Jane Austen, lady Caroline Lamb, Henry Fielding e Isabel I de Inglaterra, entre otras. Su primera novela fue <i>Virginia Water</i> (1929); la segunda, <i>Harriet</i> (RARA AVIS núm. 12), recibió en 1934 el premio Femina Vie Heureuse (imponiéndose a Evelyn Waugh y Un puñado de polvo) y fue un gran éxito de ventas. Otras novelas suyas son <i>Robert and Helen</i> (1944), <i>The Tortoise and the Hare</i> (1954), <i>Brightness</i> (1964) y <i>La historia del doctor Gully</i> (1972). Cuando murió en Londres en 2010, a la edad de ciento cuatro años, el obituario de <i>The Telegraph</i> dijo: «El talento especial de Elizabeth Jenkins en sus novelas fue la descripción de la victi-mización de frágiles personajes que inspiran simpatía, a manos de gente que lo único que tiene de memorable es su crueldad. Como a Agatha Christie, le fascinaban los crímenes en las zonas residenciales».</p>
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent biography, it is out of print but you can still buy it through Alibris or an antique or used book dealer. Miss Jenkins' writing style is lovely, and she gives us a fresh perspective of Jane. I highly recommend this book.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I like that it's short but detailed. Quite interesting. Not fantastic but a good read. I'd recommend it if, like me, you're not really a non-fiction person and are after a short biography to read. Read this on audio through the Overdrive elibrary.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sparkling clarity into the life of our beloved author. I'm appalled once again at how short and very humanly simple her life was. She left so much to be treasured by the world!