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A picture book biography of the groundbreaking female novelist Jane Austen. Perfect for Women's History Month.Born in the late 1700s, Jane Austen was a smart, creative girl in a house full of boys, all of whom could aspire to accomplish many things as adults while girls were raised primarily to become good wives. Jane didn't have much opportunity to go to school but she read everything she could, including all the books in her father's study. And before long, she began to write her own stories, filled with funny, clever, and inventive characters. Today, Austen's novels (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma . . .) are widely read by all ages. She is recognized as one of the most important and influential writers of all time. "Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all authors aspire.
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I grew up in California and on the beaches of Mexico where, during a good storm, the ocean would come flowing into the backyard. Excellent!My favorite book is THE MOVIEGOER; favorite movie, SERENITY; favorite comedian, Eddie Izzard ("Cake or death?").My defining characteristic is curiosity.I'm a vegetarian who gets annoyed when people are surprised that I don't eat every single vegetable in the ENTIRE WORLD.I collect sea glass.I am very bad at parallel parking.I like the theme of redemption in books and movies; it reinforces my belief in the possibility of change.Palindromes bug me.I'd like to learn more about quantum physics.I've been to Legoland. And I would go back.I believe that acupuncture really does work.I'm related on my mother's side to one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators, who was apparently a dashing Confederate spy.I think breakfast tastes better at dinnertime.Colin Firth made a good Mr. Darcy, but in my opinion Matthew Macfadyen was better.The household task I dread the most is vacuuming.I get a big kick out of "The Penguins of Madagascar."I worry a lot less than I used to.I'm a Scorpio, and you know what THAT means.I have never gotten a tattoo. So far.
