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Becoming Jane Austen
Jon Spence's fascinating biography of Jane Austen paints an intimate portrait of the much-loved novelist. Spence's meticulous research has, perhaps most notably, uncovered evidence that Austen and the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy fell in love at the age of twenty and that the relationship inspired Pride and Prejudice, one of the most celebrated works of fiction ever written. Becoming Jane Austen gives the fullest account we have of the romance, which was more serious and more enduring than previously believed. Seeing this love story in the context of Jane Austen's whole life enables us to appreciate the profound effect the relationship had on her art and on subsequent choices that she made in her life. Full of insight and with an attentive eye for detail, Spence explores Jane Austen's emotional attachments and the personal influences that shaped her as a novelist. His elegant narrative provides a point of entry into Jane Austen's world as she herself perceived and experienced it. It is a world familiar to us from her novels, but in Becoming Jane Austen, Austen herself is the heroine.
Jane Austen
A comprehensive look at the academic criticism of Jane Austen from her time down to the present. Among the most important English novelists, Jane Austen is unusual because she is esteemed not only by academics but by the reading public. Her novels continue to sell well, and films adapted from her works enjoy strong box-officesuccess. The trajectory of Austen criticism is intriguing, especially when one compares it to that of other nineteenth-century English writers. At least partly because she was a woman in the early nineteenth century, she was longneglected by critics, hardly considered a major figure in English literature until well into the twentieth century, a hundred years after her de...
ThymeTable Mill
"Happily married to her herb farmer Spence and engrossed in her photography, Cary Bradford longs for two "heart's desires" to make her life complete-a child and a water-powered gristmill for ThymeTable Farm in western North Carolina. With enthusiasm, naiveté, and determination, she sets out to achieve her goals, learning about mills and patience along the way. The Cove community, with their farm at its center, deals with loss, changes in relationships, and a mysterious newcomer to their midst, and together they work for Cary's dream-a mill for ThymeTable Farm"--back cover.
Jane Austen
Was the author of Pride and Prejudice really a poor, uneducated woman with no experience of sex or marriage? A woman who spent most of her life in rural seclusion, never meeting any other authors or literary figures, and whose only formal education was two years at a basic primary school? This is what biographers of Jane Austen expect us to believe, and what Nicholas Ennos refutes in this exposé, Jane Austen: A New Revelation. How could Jane Austen have written these novels, he asks, that have been considered by discriminating critics as some of the finest in the English language? Nicholas Ennos shows how the novels reveal the real author to have been a woman who moved in the highest circle...
Jane Austen in the Thames Valley
Discover a fresh perspective on Jane Austen in Jane Austen in Thames Valley. This book delves into Austen’s lesser-known association with the Thames Valley, a connection that has received minimal attention due to scant evidence. A significant focus of this guide is on the often-underestimated influence of Austen’s mother, Cassandra Leigh. It compellingly illustrates how Mrs. Austen’s impact profoundly shaped Jane Austen’s outlook on life. The Thames Valley, a region frequently overlooked in Austen studies, actually harbours numerous ties to the beloved author, more than initially apparent. This thoroughly researched and meticulously documented book unveils these connections. Accompanying the narrative are three detailed excursions designed to help readers explore and uncover the links between Jane Austen and the Thames Valley.
How to Believe in a Sagittarius
To believe in a Sagittarius, is the biggest compliment you can pay them. Learn how to believe in the Sagittarius you know, and those you have yet to meet. This book is a light look at the Star Sign Sagittarius. Adventurous, Philosophical...and Tactless. Does this describe the Sagittarius you know? Are you aware of how important their beliefs are to them? ...which they won't be shy about telling you! This insider information will gently guide you through the process of easily making a chart using on-line resources so you can truly understand the Sagittarius in your life. Discover how to make a chart, how to find the three key points that will help you believe in one better and how to make the best of the Sagittarius you know...and the ones you have yet to meet. Drawing on her extensive client files and using real-life examples Mary English guides you in learning How To Believe in a Sagittarius.
Jane Austen's Sanditon
When Jane Austen died in 1817, she left behind 120 pages of manuscript that would eventually be published as Sanditon. Praised by some critics and condemned by others, this final effort by the great English writer has for the most part been overlooked in favor of the novels that were published during her lifetime and shortly after her death. For the first time, an entire book is devoted to examining this fragment to establish it as Jane Austen's potential masterpiece. With a new setting and a greater range of characters than found in earlier works, this novel composed during the last months of her short life, if completed, would at the same time have continued her series of magnificent novels and created new possibilities for novels to come.
The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen
The second edition of an innovative introduction explaining what students need to know about Austen's novels, life, context and reception.
A Jane Austen Christmas
Filled with the remarkable wit and insight of one of the world's most cherished authors, A Jane Austen Christmas gives readers insight into Austen's life through little-known stories about how she and her family celebrated the treasured holiday season. Carlo DeVito provides an intimate portrait of Austen's most cherished Christmas memories with her family: from the gift of her first writing desk, to her first love and heartbreak, to her brewing mead and beer in time for the holidays. Along the way readers will spend a holiday in the Austen house, celebrate Jane's birthday, meet the inspiration for more than a dozen characters, attend the Christmastide series of balls, and learn how to make family's favorite recipes and dedicate a novel to the Prince Regent. Remarkably fresh and supremely entertaining, A Jane Austen Christmas brings Austen's world to life as never before.
The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen
A fantastically vast and witty companion to everything you need to know about Jane Austen, presented in a wonderfully fun and entertaining style which will appeal to all readers.
