Jane Austen for Kids

Jane Austen is one of the most influential and best-loved novelists in English literature. Austens genius was her cast of charactersso timeless and real that readers today recognize them in their own families and neighborhoods. Her books universal themeslove and hate, hope and disappointment, pride and prejudice, sense and sensibilitystill tug at heartstrings today in cultures spanning the globe. Austen wrote about daily life in England as she knew it, growing up a clergymans daughter among the upper class of landowners, providing readers with a window into the soul of a lively, imaginative, and industrious woman in an age when most women were often obscured. Jane Austen for Kids includes a time line, resources for further study, places to visit, and 21 enriching activities.