Cassandra and Jane: A Jane Austen Novel

They were beloved sisters and the best of friends. But Jane and Cassandra Austen suffered the same fate as many of the women of their era. Forced to spend their lives dependent on relatives, both financially and emotionally, the sisters spent their time together trading secrets, challenging each other's opinions, and rehearsing in myriad other ways the domestic dramas that Jane would later bring to fruition in her popular novels. For each sister suffered through painful romantic disappointments--tasting passion, knowing great love, and then losing it--while the other stood witness. Upon Jane's death, Cassandra deliberately destroyed her personal letters, thereby closing the door to the private life of the renowned novelist . . . until now.

In Cassandra & Jane, author Jill Pitkeathley ingeniously reimagines the unique and intimate relationship between two extraordinary siblings, reintroducing readers to one of the most intriguing figures in the world of literature, as seen through the eyes of the one person who knew her best.

Author: Jill Pitkeathley
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 09/09/2008
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780061446399

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/28/2008 pg. 53
Library Journal 09/15/2008 pg. 47
Booklist 09/15/2008 pg. 24

About the Author
Pitkeathley, Jill: -

Jill Pitkeathley was born in the Channel Islands of the United Kingdom. The former chief executive of the Carers National Association (now Carers UK), she is a Life Peer in the House of Lords, a longtime Austen fan, and the author of the novel Cassandra and Jane. She lives in London.