A Brief Guide to Jane Austen - Couverture souple

Jennings, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0762446293 ISBN 13 : 9780762446292

Editeur : Running Press, 2013

Synopsis

In this witty and accessible guide, author and expert Charles Jennings goes in search of the real Jane Austen. He includes a short biography, gives an overview of her novels, and explores the time period she lived in and the world she inhabited. He also includes Jane's very own words of advice for the modern life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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, found that ''Pride and Prejudice'' was the one book 'The nation can't live without'. In this witty, accessible guide, Charles Jennings goes in search of this enigma through her words as well as her times, including a short biography, an overview of the novels, as well as the world that she inhabited. Finally, the book contains Jane's very own words of advice for the modern life.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In this witty and accessible guide, author and expert Charles Jennings goes in search of the real Jane Austen. He includes a short biography, gives an overview of her novels, and explores the time period she lived in and the world she inhabited. He also includes Jane's very own words of advice for the modern life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Running Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0762446293
• ISBN 13: 9780762446292
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible