John Coates (1) (1912–1963)
Auteur van The Watsons: Jane Austen's Fragment Continued and Completed
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Faithful in My Fashion 4 exemplaren
The Widow's Tale: Or, The Indiscretions of Lettice 3 exemplaren
Consult your pillow 2 exemplaren
True As A Turtle 2 exemplaren
A ship of glass 1 exemplaar
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- Coates, John
- Geboortedatum
- 1912
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1963
- Geslacht
- male
- Beroepen
- playwright
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- 249
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- #91,698
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- 3.4
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- 63
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The rival suitor gets a fine ending, but you spend so much time with him that you really want him to be the main deal, not shoved aside at the last minute as a peripheral character.
HOWEVER, this gets 4 stars from me because it is so exceptionally rare to find a decent Austen continuation or sequel.
The Watsons is a fragment, and this author does a very passable job of matching the language. I mean, you occasionally remember this isn't actually Austen, but it's definitely in the ballpark.
There's something about the fact that this continuation was written in the 1950s... and another decent Austen sequel was written in the 1910s... there's still a gap between them and Austen's world, but it's measurably narrower than anybody writing in the year 2016. From my perspective it makes their writing just a bit more believable when they aspire to Austen.… (meer)