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Jane Austen’s First Love is historical fiction, fleshing out a little-known incident from Jane Austen’s teen years. At fifteen, she met a boy named Edward Taylor, a little older than she, and was bowled over by him. Nothing came of the brief romance, but Jane Austen remembered it poignantly in later years.

From this thin thread Syrie James has woven a vivid and convincing story. The author’s historical note at the end sheds valuable light on the additional research that was digested and transformed to spin this tale (but spoilers abound—don’t read the note before you finish the novel!). To the best of my historical understanding, the 1790s world James evokes is accurate and richly conveyed. The book would work well as a straight historical coming-of-age novel, even without the Jane Austen connection to pique my interest.

In fact, that the heroine was Jane Austen was the one factor that kept me from absolutely loving this book. In the early going, James has portrayed her as a typical teenager—impatient to grow up, heavily influenced by fashion, and awed by her first (possibly) exposure to the lives of people in grander circumstances than her own family’s. That portrayal was necessary to the author’s plan for the arc of the character’s development, but it was not a Jane Austen I would recognize. I felt that even though she was new to the world of the wealthy, she would have bent on it a more satirical eye. By that age she had education enough to be able to critique what she found at Godmersham and Goodnestone and Bifrons. Also, the biographical nature of the plot meant that I knew from the start how things would end, which kept me at a slight remove from the story. The brief frame narrative had the same effect.

Still, when the ideas and politics of the day did enter the picture, they were well handled and very interesting, without overwhelming the emotional thrust of the story. In general, I was impressed with the author’s mastery of the world she was depicting; this is no flimsy romance in a ballroom. James also writes the Austenese lingo very well, too, though there was the occasional slip (true of my own attempts at writing Austenese as well, so I can’t cavil at that). One quibble about the language: it was not necessary to invert the first-person pronoun in all the dialogue—“said I,” “remarked I,” “repeated I,” etc.

I did not fall into the story so far that I suspended all critical faculties, but I did go happily along on the journey and was touched, amused, and moved by the characters and events. This is Austenesque fiction of a very high order, and the author deserves all her success.

NOTE on my star rating system: I rate books within their genre, not in absolute terms; so the fact that I would rate both Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen’s First Love as five-star books does not mean that I place them on the same level in the realm of literature. Pride and Prejudice is rated against great fiction in English that I have read; Jane Austen’s First Love is rated against the other Austenesque novels I have read.


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Jane Austen First Love Syrie James Books Reviews

I enjoyed the book.
Once again, Syrie James provides a well-written, entertaining novel that all Janeites will enjoy. Can't wait to see what she comes up with next!
A great addition to Jane Austen related novels. Syrie James's writing style is superb and her research makes this quite believable.
great book
Prior knowledge of Jane Austen make the inevitable conclusion was a sure bet. However a look into her teen years was delightful and the author has a way with allowing the reader to really know the characters. I enjoyed it and so did the other 8 members of my book club.
I liked her novel so much I bought four of her other novels
This story is based on some facts that may or may not have had Jane fall in love or like with a young man. It uses some lines from her books to help make up the story. It is pretty charming and although in the story she admits that it was all an infatuation, it was a good read and we did learn a lot about the Austen family and each member of it. It amazes me that both of her brothers became admirals. It also shows what a close relationship she had with her sister Cassie. I guess that is why the Bennet sisters close relationship is so real in P&P. Jane knows what it is to love and care about a sister deeply.
Jane Austen’s First Love is historical fiction, fleshing out a little-known incident from Jane Austen’s teen years. At fifteen, she met a boy named Edward Taylor, a little older than she, and was bowled over by him. Nothing came of the brief romance, but Jane Austen remembered it poignantly in later years.

From this thin thread Syrie James has woven a vivid and convincing story. The author’s historical note at the end sheds valuable light on the additional research that was digested and transformed to spin this tale (but spoilers abound—don’t read the note before you finish the novel!). To the best of my historical understanding, the 1790s world James evokes is accurate and richly conveyed. The book would work well as a straight historical coming-of-age novel, even without the Jane Austen connection to pique my interest.

In fact, that the heroine was Jane Austen was the one factor that kept me from absolutely loving this book. In the early going, James has portrayed her as a typical teenager—impatient to grow up, heavily influenced by fashion, and awed by her first (possibly) exposure to the lives of people in grander circumstances than her own family’s. That portrayal was necessary to the author’s plan for the arc of the character’s development, but it was not a Jane Austen I would recognize. I felt that even though she was new to the world of the wealthy, she would have bent on it a more satirical eye. By that age she had education enough to be able to critique what she found at Godmersham and Goodnestone and Bifrons. Also, the biographical nature of the plot meant that I knew from the start how things would end, which kept me at a slight remove from the story. The brief frame narrative had the same effect.

Still, when the ideas and politics of the day did enter the picture, they were well handled and very interesting, without overwhelming the emotional thrust of the story. In general, I was impressed with the author’s mastery of the world she was depicting; this is no flimsy romance in a ballroom. James also writes the Austenese lingo very well, too, though there was the occasional slip (true of my own attempts at writing Austenese as well, so I can’t cavil at that). One quibble about the language it was not necessary to invert the first-person pronoun in all the dialogue—“said I,” “remarked I,” “repeated I,” etc.

I did not fall into the story so far that I suspended all critical faculties, but I did go happily along on the journey and was touched, amused, and moved by the characters and events. This is Austenesque fiction of a very high order, and the author deserves all her success.

NOTE on my star rating system I rate books within their genre, not in absolute terms; so the fact that I would rate both Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen’s First Love as five-star books does not mean that I place them on the same level in the realm of literature. Pride and Prejudice is rated against great fiction in English that I have read; Jane Austen’s First Love is rated against the other Austenesque novels I have read.