Kate Reading
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
This new biography explores the forces that shaped the interior life of one of the most beloved novelists in the English language. Each chapter begins by evoking an object that conjures up a key moment or theme in Austen's life and work. The woman who emerges is far tougher, more socially and politically aware, and altogether more modern that the conventional picture. The book looks at the biographical influences on her work, as well as her boundless...
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things offers a startlingly original look at the revered writer through a variety of key moments, scenes, and objects in her life and work. Going beyond previous traditional biographies which have traced Austen's daily life from Steventon to Bath to Chawton to Winchester, Paula Byrne's portrait—organized thematically and drawn from the most up-to-date scholarship and unexplored sources—explores
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