Wild for Austen by Devoney Loos

Wild for Austen by Devoney LoosIncisive, funny, and deeply researched the ultimate tribute to Jane Austen Thieves! Spies! Abolitionists! Ghosts! If we ever truly believed Jane Austen to be a quiet spinster, scholar Devoney Looser puts that myth to rest at last in Wild for Austen. These, and many other events and characters, come to life throughout this rollicking book. Austen, we learn, was far wilder in her time than weve given her credit for, and Looser traces the fascinating and

God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper

Pete the Cat is all good…

This is how the story of the Unknown Woman begins

for anyone who knows where to dig

I loved it

Now living in Orkney with his partner

he's the Gumboyle family's favourite pet and their very own trusty physician

As the battle to become the island's next champion rages

Formally daring

At first her death seems to be a simple accident

and the way their relationship unfolds is both heart-wrenching and beautiful

' Anstey Harris