The Life of Jane Austen - Couverture souple

Halperin, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801855098 ISBN 13 : 9780801855092

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This biography reveals a robust, vigorous, and at times difficult woman with a large and diverse circle of family and acquaintances. The book documents her troubled relationship with a hypochondriacal mother and her frank dislike of the sister-in-law who usurped her childhood home; sheds light on the shadowy existence of a retarded older brother; and sets forth in detail the number and nature of Austen's relations to her suitors; the romantic passages of her life; and her attitude towards childbearing. Making use of Austen's correspondence, the author illustrates the cost exacted on a sensitive and critical personality by a society - and, frequently, a family - that paid too little attention to the predicament of unmarried women, especially those with adequate financial means.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Halperin is Centennial Professor of English at Vanderbilt University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is the author of 'Trollope and Politics', 'Gissing: A Life in Books', 'C. P. Snow: An Oral Biography', 'Jane Austen's Lovers', 'Novelists in their Youth', and 'Eminent Georgians'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801855098
• ISBN 13: 9780801855092
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 390
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible