Book Description:

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience.

Some may know Jane Austen simply as the English novelist whose books are required reading in high school and college. Perhaps it wasn’t until the BBC’s extremely successful TV miniseries of Pride and Prejudice or Emma Thompson’s film Sense and Sensibility that many became entranced. Now younger readers are flocking to Austen with a unique twist in the bestselling Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance, by Seth Grahame-Smith. In this Christian Encounters biography, fans of Jane Austen will discover the Christian faith that was in the weft and weave of her character and how it influenced her writing and her life.

My Thoughts:

This is just one book in an exciting new line called “Christian Encounters Series” that Thomas Nelson is releasing. These bios will all feature famous people who have left their mark on the lives of so many others. Please check out the other titles too.

 But I was kind of disappointed in this book. But maybe that was my own fault? What is there, in print, about Jane Austen that I don’t already know? I should have chosen to review a book about a person I don’t know anything about. Gee, I can be dull in hindsight.

 The book was intently researched and well done. It wasn’t a hard read and it wasn’t long…almost pocket sized. It wasn’t boring, maybe just too factual for my Jane Austen “fiction” muse. If you are searching for an Austen bio with spiritual insight on the Austen family, you will enjoy this. It is a refreshing perspective in light of all the secular books about Austen that keep coming out. If you’re looking for a short, concise Jane Austen bio, this will serve you well.

 This book was made available for review by Thomas Nelson.

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