About the Author

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was the seventh child of a parish rector. She died unmarried, leaving behind an immortal body of work. Cathleen Schine (foreword) is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Three Weissmanns of Westport - a contemporary retelling of Sense and Sensibility. She has contributed to various New York publications. Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and author of the bestselling novels The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry and the graphic novels The Adventuress, Three Incestuous Sisters, and The Night Bookmobile.

Reviews

"As nearly flawless as any fiction could be."
—Eudora Welty