Insert included in November edition of Jane Austen's Regency World magazine
Maggie Lane has written many popular books about Jane Austen, including Understanding Austen, also published by Robert Hale. She has lectured on aspects of Jane Austen's life and novels to the Jane Austen Societies of the UK, Canada, the US and Australia and published in their respective journals.
'It is a fascinating read, allowing a great parade of characters to take their turn centre-stage. Lane covers all aspects of older age in this endlessly entertaining book - the chapters entitled 'The Loss of Youth and Beauty' and 'Not the Only Widow in Bath' are particularly revealing. Illness and death are treated with an Austenian mixture of wit and sensitivity - one cannot help but feel that Jane would have approved of such a lively study of "gout and decrepitude" and all the other ailments, real and imaginary, that assail her senior citizens.' Jane Austen's Regency World "Maggie Lane's Growing Older With Jane Austen appeals to our recognition not of where we've been, but of where we're going... full of striking insights into character..." JASNA News 'to Janeites the world over - those who have pored over all her own works and letters and the numerous biographies, analyses and critical essays, good, bad and awful - it is a treasure-house of interesting information, and a joy to read' Sensibilities
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