Jane Austen : a brief life
Stafford, Fiona J.2017
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Every devoted reader feels that, in some way, they know Jane Austen. But how can we make sense of her extraordinary achievements? At a time when most women received so little formal education and none could obtain a place at university, how did Austen come to write novels that have commanded the attention of some of the most brilliant minds ever since? Why were hers the books that Darwin knew by heart and Churchill read during the Blitz? In this graceful introduction to the author's life and works, Fiona Stafford offers a fresh and accessible perspective, discussing Austen's six astonishing novels in the context of their time.
Main title:
Jane Austen : a brief life / Fiona Stafford.
Author:
Stafford, Fiona J., author
Edition:
Newly updated [edition].
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]©2017
Collation:
174 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: London: Hesperus, 2008.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780300232219 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.7
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2541707