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Title: The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler ISBN: 0-399-15161-3 Publisher: Marian Wood Book Pub. Date: 22 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (34 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One Good Read!
Comment: I recommend this book to those who enjoy reading Jane Austen's works. From Austen's book excerpts/quotations, to the six characters (five women, one man) who meet once a month, and are involved in the Jane Austen Book Club, the book flows smoothly.
Each of the characters brings their own perspective to Austen's works, and each one manages to have similarities to the characters in Austen's books, and their discussions bring those characteristics into full view.
I like the way the book intertwines Austen's characters with real life characters. This is one good read, and I highly recommend it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Clever AND Contrived (spoiler)
Comment: A typical "Janeite", I was really looking forward to reading this novel. I had mixed reactions. Firstly, when I realized that each of the members of the club was meant to be a 21st century counterpart to an Austen hero, I thought it was unimaginative and contrived. Let's see what Emma might look like today. Ho hum. However, I was very impressed by the author's thoughtfulness and insight into the Austen characters whom her characters were patterned after. One of the things I've always loved about Austen was her ability to make well rounded characters. Her heroes have real flaws, and her villains are not usually without some positive attributes. I've always thought that Fanny Price, though the undoubted hero of Mansfield Park, not exactly the sort of person you want to hang out with. Likewise, Marianne Dashwood could be rather trying to those around her. Fowler captures such complexities in her depictions of the modern versions of Austen characters in her book. It was a good read once, but I doubt I'll read it again.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fowler's best yet!
Comment: Full of romance and angst, a touch of suspense and a ton of humor - this book ruined my sleep for several nights. It was too hard to put down. I can't wait for Karen Fowler's next book.
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Title: The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason ISBN: 0385337116 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ISBN: 1592400876 Publisher: Gotham Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant ISBN: 1400060737 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel by ANNE TYLER ISBN: 1400042070 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri ISBN: 0395927218 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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