Jane Austen: A Family Record (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Le Faye has written a thoroughly researched study of Jane Austen, putting her writing into the context of her precocious Georgian family. Le Faye's writing is clear and quick-witted, offering insights into Jane's personality and her relationships with others. Despite a life confined largely to one corner of south west England and her failure to marry, Jane was a fun, warm, modern women, who won admiration from her peers, the younger generations, and was not short of male attention. Her aunt Mrs Hancock and cousin Eliza kept her up-to-date with foreign travels and new fashions, but she was consistently modest and devoted to her family. Her nieces and nephews never knew whether she was scribbling away at her diary or a novel and few knew at the time of publication that she was the author of the immediately acclaimed works of "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice".(Kirkus UK)

All the documented facts concerning the novelist are collected in this detailed account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career. Her role within an affectionate and talented family group is described in the Austens' own words, showing how Jane was valued as daughter, sister, aunt and friend. The book demonstrates how Jane transformed the details of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside, along with the wartime careers of her brothers, into six novels that are among the most popular in the English language.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2003
First published:	2004
Authors:	Deirdre Le Faye
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	408
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-53417-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-521-53417-8
Barcode:	9780521534178

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