A Brief Guide to Jane Austen
The Life and Times of the World's Favourite Author
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
20 December 2010
Summary
Jane Austen is a mystery. The first incontrovertibly great woman novelist, she is, among other things, one of the finest prose stylists in literature; the first truly modern writer, the Godmother of chick lit. She is also the greatest enigma (next to Shakespeare) in English literature. Soldiers in the First World War sat in the trenches and read them for the civilising comforts they provided. Hard-nut literary critics such as F. R. Leavis lauded their austere complexity. World Book Day, 2007,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780330464 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780330464 |
| Author: | Charles Jennings |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 20 December 2010 |
| Weight: | 168g |
| Dimensions: | 131mm x 200mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Brief Histories |
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About The Author
Charles Jennings
Charles Jennings studied English at Oxford and then become, as reported in the Spectator, the funniest journalist in London. He has written numerous books, including a history of Greenwich, as well as Them and Us: The American Invasion of English High Society.
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