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.

General Information

ISBN : 9780140296907
Publisher : Penguin Books, Limited
Imprint : Penguin Books, Limited
Weight (g) : 0.294
Publication date : 01 September 0000
Produced in : United Kingdom
Availability date : 01 August 2011
Out of print date : 01 May 2013
Product Type : books

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Author : Claire Tomalin
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1
Language : English
Dewey classification : 823.7
Pages : 384
BIC subject : Biography & autobiography; Novels, other prose & writers; Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Illustrations : tab maps, facsimiles, , portraits

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Author description

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.