The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

by Syrie James

A fictional account of Jane Austen’s life during the period that is missing from her letters, this story focuses on a startling possible scenario and answers as to why one may not want such history available to future generations. It is known that Jane’s sister Cassandra destroyed, partially and in whole, many of Jane’s letters. The most noticeable absence of correspondence seems to be the years just before the publication of Sense and Sensibility. Jane had not touched her manuscripts in years – could there have been a relationship that sparked a new fervor in Jane which caused her to take out her manuscripts and finish rewriting them? Who helped her get published anonymously? All of these questions and more are answered in this exciting, though sometimes familiar, story.