JANE AUSTEN by Ross, Josephine ISBN 0719556848
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This companion aims to act as a general guide to Jane Austen, her work and her world. Josephine Ross explores the literary world at the turn of the 19th century: the books considered classics then, the 'horrid novels' and romances of the time, the lending libraries and grasping publishers.
At present there is no general guide to Jane Austen, her work and her world. This illuminating, entertaining, up-to-date companion supplies that need. Josephine Ross explores the literary world at the turn of the nineteenth century: the books considered classics then, the 'horrid novels' and romances of the time, the lending libraries and grasping publishers. She looks at the architecture and decor which then made up 'the profusion and elegance of modern taste': Nash houses for instance, Chippendale furniture, 'picturesque scenery'. She shows us the fashions of the time, and the subtle ways Jane Austen used clothes to express character. Courtship, marriage, adultery, questions of class and 'rank', the ordinary life of meals and mealtimes, travel, doctors and dentists, work, responsibility and amusement all appear, as does the wider political and military world - especially the Navy, in which her brothers served. In her lifetime Jane Austen achieved no more than minor literary success, and her fame grew only slowly in the nineteenth century. 'Was there anything remarkable about that lady, Sir?' a verger at Winchester Cathedral enquired of a Victorian visitor seeking her tomb. 'Only, so many people ask for her.' Today in the English language, only Shakespeare and Dickens are bestsellers in her league, and in the twenty-first century her appeal seems set to grow further, especially when more TV and film adaptations follow the hugely successful Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility of recent years. This book will add depth to the enjoyment of all readers of Jane Austen, whether confirmed devotees or enthusiastic newcomers.
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[edit] Title
JANE AUSTEN
[edit] Author
Ross, Josephine
[edit] ISBN
0719556848
[edit] Published
12/09/2002
[edit] Publisher
John Murray Publishers Ltd
[edit] Binding
hardback
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16.99 (GBP)
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