Download or read book The Genius of Jane Austen: Her Love of Theatre and Why She Is a Hit in Hollywood written by Paula Byrne and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radical look at Jane Austen As you’ve never seen her – as a lover of farce, comic theatre and juvenilia. The Genius of Jane Austen celebrates Britain’s favourite novelist 200 years after her death and explores why her books make such awesome movies, time after time.