Jane Austen : A Life
Author(s): Claire Tomalin
The novels of Jane Austen depict a world of civility, reassuring stability and continuity, which generations of readers have supposed was the world she herself inhabited. Claire Tomalin's biography paints a surprisingly different picture of the Austen family and their Hampshire neighbours, and of Jane's progress through a difficult childhood, an unhappy love affair, her experiences as a poor relation and her decision to reject a marriage that would solve all her problems - except that of continuing as a writer. Both the woman and the novels are radically reassessed in this biography.
Product Information
Claire Tomalin was literary editor of the NEW STATESMAN and SUNDAY TIMES. Her two previous books (both in Penguin) were the highly acclaimed and award-winning THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (about Dickens' mistress) and MRS JORDAN'S PROFESSION. She is married to Michael Frayn and lives in Camden Town, north London.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.294
- : 01 September 0000
- : 198mm X 129mm X 25mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 August 2011
- : 01 May 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Claire Tomalin
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 823.7
- : very good
- : 384
- : Biography & autobiography; Novels, other prose & writers; Literary studies: from c 1900 -
- : tab maps, facsimiles, , portraits