Hornby

British  

/ ˈhɔːnbɪ /

noun

1. Nick. born 1958, British writer; his books include the memoir Fever Pitch (1992; filmed 1997) and the bestselling novels About a Boy (1998; filmed 2002), How To Be Good (2001), and Juliet, Naked (2009)

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Example Sentences

Author Gill Hornby and executive producer Christine Langan spoke about adapting Hornby’s novel for television and why readers and viewers continue to gravitate to Jane Austen.

From Los Angeles Times

Adapted by Andrea Gibb from Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel, it centers on Jane’s sister, Cassandra — the title applies to either sister — whose historical claim to fame, or infamy, is that she burned the bulk of Jane’s letters after her death.

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Such is the case with “Miss Austen,” the 2020 novel by Gill Hornby.

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“Miss Austen” is the first of three novels by Hornby that immerses readers in the lives of Jane and her close-knit family, which the author found “completely captivating.”

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“They were all bright and all rather extraordinary, although Jane was the most extraordinary of all,” Hornby said.

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