Book Review: Miss Austen

Miss Austen

A Novel

by Gill Hornby

Flatiron Books

Historical Fiction

Pub Date 07 Apr 2020.

I am reviewing a copy of Miss Austen through Flatiron Books and Netgalley:

By 1840 Cassandra Austen, Jane Austen’s sister lives alone spending her days visiting friends and relatives, while working purposely to preserve her sisters reputation. By now Jane has been gone for two decades and Cassandra is in her sixties, and is going increasingly frail so Cassandra goes to say with the Frowles of Kintbury the family of her fiancé that died years before, while there she looks for Jane’s letters. She dodged her hostess and a nosy housemaid while she hunts for her sister letters. The letters bring to light secrets not only about Jane but about Cassandra as well. Will Cassandra allow the most private details of her life to come to light or will she burn her sisters legacy.

This novel moves back and forth between the vicarage and Cassandra’s vibrant memories of her years with Jane, interwoven with Jane’s brilliantly reimagined lost letters, Miss Austen is the untold story of the most important person in Jane’s life.

If you are looking for a novel that tells the story of the most important person in Jane’s life her sister Cassandra.

I give Miss Austen five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!