Author: Joan Aiken
Title: Eliza's Daughter
publication: Kindle
Pages:
Genre: historical fiction
Acquisition: Free on Austen's birthday
Date: December 14, 2011
Rating: ****
Perhaps it is due to the fact that I am less familiar with the source material for Joan Aiken's Eliza's Daughter, but I found the novel to be much more enjoyable than many other Austen sequels I have read. The story is largely conscious of the restrictions of the time period, and develops a story that is believable in such a context. I found the narrator compelling, if not always sympathetic, and enjoyed watching her blossom from a discarded child to a capable woman - not an easy feat in Regency England.
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