Overview
All the documented facts concerning the novelist are collected in this detailed account of Jane Austen's life, background and literary career. Her role within an affectionate and talented family group is described in the Austens' own words, showing how Jane was valued as daughter, sister, aunt and friend. The book demonstrates how Jane transformed the details of her peaceful life in the Hampshire countryside, along with the wartime careers of her brothers, into six novels that are among the most popular in the English language.
- | Author: Deirdre Le Faye
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Nov 13, 2003
- | Number of Pages: 408 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0521534178
- | ISBN-13: 9780521534178
