Jane Austen: A Life
Here, firmly rooted in her own social setting for the first time, is the real Jane Austen -- the apparently diffident woman willing to challenge convention, the woman of no pretensions who nevertheless called herself "formidable," a woman who could be frivolous and yet suffer black depressions, who showed unfailing loyalty and, in the conduct of her own life, unfailing bravery. In this biography, Jane Austen shines with a clarity never before achieved, one which makes us look upon her novels with fresh and even greater admiration. It is this deeply human portrait of Jane Austen herself that we remember. Claire Tomalin captures, with unforgettable skill, the living character of a great writer who is read, re-read, read again, and adored, now more than ever.
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The author of Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and other comedies of manners gets a biography similar in tone to her own books: intelligent but not intellectual, witty without being nasty. Claire Tomalin, author of four previous biographies of notable British women, treats Jane Austen (1775-1817) with the respect her genius deserves. Tomalin eschews gossip and speculation in favor of a sober account of the writer's life that nonetheless sparkles with sly humor. Perceptive analyses of each of Austen's novels, with autobiographical links suggested but never insisted upon, add to the value of Jane Austen: A Life.
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- PublisherBooks on Tape, Inc.
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0736641858
- ISBN 13 9780736641852
- BindingAudio Cassette
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