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ⓘ About Jane Aiken Hodge
Jane Aiken Hodge was a British writer born in America. Jane was born on December 4, 1917, close to Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the second child to Conrad Aiken and Jessie McDonald, her father a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and his wife a writer. When she was just three years old, they moved to Great Britain. Her younger sister Joan was born with them in Rye, East Sussex. She would go on to become a novelist and writer of children’s books. Her parents would end their marriage in 1929. Jane would go to Somerville College and Oxford University to read English. She got another decree in 1938 from Radcliffe College in the States in English, the same college that her mother had attended. For some time, she worked as a civil servant, then at Time magazine.
All Book Series by Jane Aiken Hodge
Only a Novel: The Double Life of Jane Austen
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1972
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Who is Jane Aiken Hodge?
Jane Aiken Hodge was a British writer born in America. Jane was born on December 4, 1917, close to Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the second child to Conrad Aiken and Jessie McDonald, her father a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and his wife a writer.
Which Jane Aiken Hodge series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Purchas Family series, the earliest of Jane Aiken Hodge's multi-book series: it opens with Savannah Purchase (1970) and runs to 5 books across 1970–1982, ending with The Lost Garden (1982). Jane Aiken Hodge's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jane Aiken Hodge written?
Jane Aiken Hodge has 36 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1963 and 2021. 9 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Purchas Family series with 5 books — and 27 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jane Aiken Hodge's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jane Aiken Hodge's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Purchas Family (1970–1982, 5 books) and Lissenberg (1979–2021, 4 books).
How are Jane Aiken Hodge's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jane Aiken Hodge's 36 books into 2 named series and 27 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Purchas Family (5 books, 1970–1982); Lissenberg (4 books, 1979–2021).