A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

William Deresiewicz

290 pages first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography memoir informative reflective slow-paced

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An eloquent memoir of a young man's life transformed by literature. In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz...

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reflective 93%
informative 60%
inspiring 60%
emotional 33%
lighthearted 26%
funny 20%
challenging 6%
hopeful 6%
relaxing 6%

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slow 23%
fast 23%

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