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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.
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Jane Austen : a Life, Claire Tomalin
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- Jane Austen : a Life
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Claire Tomalin
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 357
- ISBN10
- 0140251774
- ISBN13
- 9780140251777
- Series
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- 4.05 out of 5
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- 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.