I owe an apology to the shade of Jane Austen for involving her beloved Elizabeth in the trauma of a murder investigation, especially as in the final chapter of Mansfield Park Miss Austen made her views plain: ‘Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. James’ own introduction to the book reflects her sense of humility and presumption in even endeavouring to marry her love of Jane Austen and the murder investigation genre in the book that follows: James herself is a great Jane Austen fan, as she explains in this video. Although I am not, admittedly, a great detective fan, P. I’m not particularly attracted to the Jane Austen zombie mash-ups (or mash-ups of any kind, for that matter) but when one comes from the pen of P. And, as many canny authors have found, there are rewards in re-writing Jane Austen as well. What pleasure I took in series of books where you could meet up with them again! I must admit that I rarely feel that way today (one exception is Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie character) and I’ve decided that I can’t remember characters well enough between books and their sequels to read them in real time – I’m better off waiting until a trilogy is done and dusted and then gorging on it in one big reading feast.īut the frequent re-reading of classics is another matter entirely and Jane Austen in particular rewards frequent re-reading. of violence and chases 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 60% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 20% How society works & physical descript.I can remember as a (much) younger reader experiencing a kind of grief when I finished a book where I had fallen in love with the main characters.
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