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A biography of Austen which uncovers the psychological dramas which shaped her fiction and gave her an insight into human emotions. Nokes argues that her novels betray many disturbing reminders of the frustrations of female hopes and the penalties of social dependency which she experienced in her private life. Originally published in 1997.
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It's refreshing to get such a passionate and contrarian account of Jane Austen's life, though the book's emphasis on thwarted emotions and family misdeeds will undoubtedly displease the more traditional-minded of her admirers. David Nokes, a prominent scholar of 18th-century English literature, views Austen as "a wild beast" (her phrase) transformed by well-meaning relatives into a demure spinster through wholesale bowdlerizing of her letters and personal papers. Nokes's narrative doesn't tell us anything new, but by stressing Austen's ambition and acerbity, he offers a welcome alternative perspective.
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David Nokes is a Reader in English Literature at King's College, London. He is the author of John Gay: A Profession of Friendship (1995), and Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed (1985).
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- PublisherFourth Estate, Limited
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1857024192
- ISBN 13 9781857024197
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages592
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