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Publication Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xi, 380 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
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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 influence on her work, as well as her boundless...
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Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 205 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"The vivid and dramatic life of Lady Caroline Lamb, whose scandalous love affair with Lord Byron overshadowed her own creativity and desire to break free from society's constraints."--Amazon.com.
Lady Caroline Lamb's scandalous love affair with Lord Byron overshadowed her own creativity-- and her desire to beak free from society's constraints. Fraser animates the life of this true "free spirit" who was far more than the strictures of her era allow...
7) Jane Austen's bookshelf: a rare book collector's quest to find the women writers who shaped a legend
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Publication Date
2025.
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Long before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a devoted reader of Jane Austen. She loved that Austen's books took the lives of women seriously, explored relationships with wit and confidence, and always, allowed for the possibility of a happy ending. She read and reread them, often wishing Austen wrote just one more. But Austen wasn't a lone genius. She wrote at a time of great experimentation for women writers -- and clues about those...
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Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
312 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm
Description
"From the novels to the screen, from adaptions to filming secrets, dive into the world of Jane Austen. Discover her life, inspirations, correspondence and the incredible influence of her work in her time through to today. A modest young lady of the country gentry, like many of her heroines, Jane Austen could have made her life the theme of one of her novels. To understand the origins of her inspiration and her talent, first discover her life, her...
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