Persuasion - Couverture rigide

Austen, Jane

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1904633285 ISBN 13 : 9781904633280

Editeur : Macmillan Collector's Library, 2004

Synopsis

Jane Austen's final novel, 'Persuasion', is the story of Anne Elliot, intelligent daughter of a spendthrift baronet, and her love for Frederick Wentworth. Persuaded to refuse his proposition of marriage, Anne spends seven years unhappy until he re-enters her life.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.

Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. He has written mainly about language and history, starting with Dr Johnson’s Dictionary. The Secret Life of Words won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award, as well as seeing him shortlisted for the title of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. The Language Wars completed what was in effect a trilogy of books about language. He is a prolific critic and has made several programmes for radio and television on subjects including Erasmus Darwin, the eighteenth-century English novel and the history of manners. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904633285
• ISBN 13: 9781904633280
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Thomson Hugh
• Nombre de pages: 312
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• Personne responsable: non disponible