Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen

"How do you take the life and work of one of the most popular novelists to ever walk the earth and make them new? Graphic biographer Kate Evans gives a fresh, revealing look at Jane Austen in the 250th anniversary year of the author’s birth. Combining images and words, historiography and fiction, imagination and research, Evans chronologically moves through Austen’s quiet but impactful life, adding fresh context and subtle humor to the story of an author famous for casting her observant eye on the British upper class. For Austen lovers and others, this graphic biography is a welcome addition."