Sinking into any of Jane Austen’s books is like returning to an old friend, and Persuasion, her last and arguably best book, isn’t dissimilar to a fairytale (if fairytales were always this astute and ...
Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. In “The Woman Who Knew Everyone,” Meryl Gordon offers a thorough biography ...