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 Unrequited $14.99 This book is an arresting read and incredibly dark and gritty. I loved the main character with his dubious morality and [...] attitude. Bennett writes from the gut and once you've started this one, it's impossible to put down until you've finished it. It comes highly recommended indeed. More from this author, please.  Jane Austen: An Unrequited Love (Essential Biographies) $36.95 Andrew Norman is the latest in a long line of authors to attempt to wring a few more insights from the limited surviving biographical material on Jane Austen. In 2009's "Jane Austen: An Unrequited Love", Norman provides a concise, sympathetic but unremarkable narrative of the short life of the beloved romance novelist. At the appropriate intervals in the chronology, Norman weaves in descriptions of her literary output, from the so-called Juvenalia to the unfinished novel "Sanditon". His literary criticism has been covered in more depth by other authors. Norman does wrestle with two questions of interest to Jane Austen fans. He claims to identify the young man with whom Jane Austen reportedly shared a romantic attachment at a seaside resort in 1801 or 1802. The suspect has been discussed by other scholars, notably R.W. Chapman, and there are at least two signficant objections to his standing as Austen's "nameless and dateless" romance. To his credit, Norman acknowledges the objections; readers must be their own judge as to whether he overcomes them with his explanation. Norman also addresses the cause of Jane Austen's death at age 41. Norman, a retired general practitioner, seems on surer ground in suggesting that she suffered from both Addison's disease and tuberculosis, the latter possibly contracted while nursing her brother Henry. The book includes an interesting selection of illustrations. The bibliography is alarmingly light given the depth of the field. "Jane Austen: An Unrequited Love" is worth a look for the general reader interested in a serviceable biography, and perhahps for the Jane Austen fan interested in another discussion of her personal romances.  Unrequited (Legacy) $9.98 I have purchased, yes paid for, ten of Loudon's CD's. Went to his concert in Brisbane and loved the fact that live or recorded, he sounds the same. I guess I'm a true blue fan, so what else is there to say ? |
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