Jane Austen in pictures: two graphic biographies bring the novelist’s life to the page
To coincide with the 250th anniversary of her birth, last year saw the publication of two graphic biographies of Jane Austen.<br/><br/>These books take different approaches to the novelist’s life. The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography, by Janine Barchas and Isabel Greenberg, is a slim volume in a cartoony style that begins in 1796. Kate Evans’ painterly book Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, meanwhile, starts with Austen’s birth.
Authors
- Alex Fitch
- Louise Curran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9326-052X)
Institutions
- University of Brighton (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2026-04-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64628/ab.m9xs3samc
- Primary Topic
- Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00