Letters to Alice
On First Reading Jane Austen
$28.11
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1992
Summary
Alice is an eighteen-year-old student and aspiring novelist with green spiky hair, a child of the modern age who recoils at the idea of reading Jane Austen. In a sequence of letters reminiscent of Jane Austen’s to her own niece, ‘aunt’ Fay examines the rewards of such study. Not only is her correspondence a revealing tribute to a great writer - it is also an original and rewarding exploration of the craft of fiction itself.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340589373 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 034058937X |
| Author: | Fay Weldon |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1992 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 134mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Wise and wonderfully funny * The Times *
Wise, sharp, informative … the advice about writing is sane and splendid … what I liked best about this book was its comic but reverent approach to true acts of imagination, in writer or reader * Guardian *
Full of pithy reflections on Jane Austen’s life and the society of the day … full of unsuspected wisdom * Daily Telegraph *
Weldon fights for fiction … She writes with conviction and wit * Times Literary Supplement *
Witty, convincing and spirited … both a fascinating study of Jane Austen and a novelist’s enquiry into her own art * Books & Bookmen *
A study of a writer (and reader) thinking aloud about art and civilization … it should be required reading, a prerequisite for students of literature. – Hilma Wolitzer * New York Times Book Review *
About The Author
Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon is well-known at home and abroad as a novelist, playwright, critic and screenwriter, several of whose novels have been adapted for film and television, including THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A SHE DEVIL.
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