The Austen Girls
The Story of Jane & Cassandra Austen, the Closest of Sisters
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Amberley Publishing
Published:15th Mar '26
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£20.00(9781445675862)
Jane and Cassandra Austen were the closest of sisters from early childhood. Cassandra was the most important person in Jane’s life; Jane looked up to and adored her older sister, who was devoted to her in return. As well as sharing the same education, interests, friends and Christian faith, the inseparable sisters supported each other through various emotional crises and family troubles. Most importantly, Cassandra, who was privy to Jane’s imaginary world, supported and encouraged her in her writing.
The Austen Girls explores the lives of the Austen sisters and traces their relationship throughout Jane’s life and literary career, until Jane’s premature death at the age of forty-one. It also follows Cassandra’s life after the loss of her sister.
‘Their affection for each other was extreme; it passed the common love of sisters; and it had been so from childhood. They were everything to each other. They seemed to lead a life to themselves within the general family life, which was shared only by each other. I will not say that their true, but their fullfeelings and opinions were known only to themselves. They alone fully understood what each other had suffered and felt and thought.' -- Anna Austen Lefroy, niece
'For readers familiar with Jane Austen’s novels, The Austen Girls offers fresh perspective—not by reinterpreting her works, but by enriching our understanding of their emotional world. The Austen Girls is a tribute not just to Jane Austen’s genius, but to the sustaining power of family and the invisible threads that nourish great art.' * The Writing Desk, 9th March 2026 *
ISBN: 9781398133471
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 236g
288 pages