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Jane Fairfax
Aiken, Joan
Adult Fiction AIKEN
From Publishers' Weekly:
Once again Aiken ( Mansfield Revisited ) playfully recreates the fictional world of Jane Austen by appropriating her characters: Jane Fairfax is the friend and rival of the heroine of Emma . Here, headstrong, self-important Emma Woodhouse is pushed from center stage as the limelight falls on the childhood and maturation of her foil. Orphaned Jane is brought up by her shabby-genteel aunt and grandmother in Highbury, near the Woodhouse family estate. Jane joins Emma in her music lessons, where Jane's talent and diligence invite a jealousy in Emma, which is partly overcome after the death of her mother leaves a disconsolate Emma receptive to too-good-to-be-true Jane's sympathy. Then an old family friend whisks Jane off to London in order to educate her alongside his daughters, so that she might eventually support herself as a governess. A grown-up Jane returns to Highbury secretly engaged to Frank Churchill, whose aunt refuses to die and leave him the money and freedom to marry as he chooses. While Aiken lacks Austen's incomparable style and wit, her light, diverting novel captures the flavor, if not the substance, of Austen's milieu. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
From Library Journal:
AAs she did in Mansfield Revisited ( LJ 3/1/85) , Aiken again draws on Jane Austen. Jane Fairfax is Aiken's brilliant parallel novel to Emma. It re-creates the cozy, busy world of Highbury as seen through the eyes of Emma's only rival. Jane, the talented niece of the garrulous Miss Bates, causes a stir in the village upon her return from the more sophisticated worlds of London and Weymouth. Though lacking some of the bite and brilliant irony of Austen's most critically acclaimed novel, this is ex traordinarily well done and highly recommended for all Austen and Regency fans.-- Cynthia Johnson Whealler , Cary Memorial Lib . , Lexington, Mass. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Aiken, Joan
Adult Fiction AIKEN
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From Publishers' Weekly:
Once again Aiken ( Mansfield Revisited ) playfully recreates the fictional world of Jane Austen by appropriating her characters: Jane Fairfax is the friend and rival of the heroine of Emma . Here, headstrong, self-important Emma Woodhouse is pushed from center stage as the limelight falls on the childhood and maturation of her foil. Orphaned Jane is brought up by her shabby-genteel aunt and grandmother in Highbury, near the Woodhouse family estate. Jane joins Emma in her music lessons, where Jane's talent and diligence invite a jealousy in Emma, which is partly overcome after the death of her mother leaves a disconsolate Emma receptive to too-good-to-be-true Jane's sympathy. Then an old family friend whisks Jane off to London in order to educate her alongside his daughters, so that she might eventually support herself as a governess. A grown-up Jane returns to Highbury secretly engaged to Frank Churchill, whose aunt refuses to die and leave him the money and freedom to marry as he chooses. While Aiken lacks Austen's incomparable style and wit, her light, diverting novel captures the flavor, if not the substance, of Austen's milieu. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
From Library Journal:
AAs she did in Mansfield Revisited ( LJ 3/1/85) , Aiken again draws on Jane Austen. Jane Fairfax is Aiken's brilliant parallel novel to Emma. It re-creates the cozy, busy world of Highbury as seen through the eyes of Emma's only rival. Jane, the talented niece of the garrulous Miss Bates, causes a stir in the village upon her return from the more sophisticated worlds of London and Weymouth. Though lacking some of the bite and brilliant irony of Austen's most critically acclaimed novel, this is ex traordinarily well done and highly recommended for all Austen and Regency fans.-- Cynthia Johnson Whealler , Cary Memorial Lib . , Lexington, Mass. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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