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Originally Posted by issybird
I’m halfway through and I have mixed feelings. It’s a pleasant, entertaining read but I don’t feel as if I’m getting much depth or insight from it. I’ve read better books about women’s lives in Georgian England; this is good about that but it doesn’t add to my understanding. Perhaps it’s the fannish aspect that sets my teeth on edge a bit.
Every now and then, Worsley says something insightful about one of the books and those are my favorite parts. I hope there’s more of that now that Jane’s hitting her writing stride.
I have to note that Worsley got the date of Louis XVI’s execution wrong. Just sloppy and not important, but I wish books in general did a better job of fact-checking.
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I totally get that. But at least she was honest about it from the outset. I keep coming back to the contrast with Shapland (which was a FABULOUS book) because it was unashamedly a memoir tied in with the discovery of McCullers and her life. I did feel like I learned more about McCullers though.
There is some definite depth lacking, but some real bright spots. I do rather enjoy an author actively debating points from other books/sources in the text.