Jane Austen : a life
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Burlington Public Library - Non-fiction
BIO AUSTEN Tomalin 1999
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BIO AUSTEN Tomalin 1999
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Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 341 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-325) and index.
Description
Here, firmly rooted in her own social setting for the first time, is the real Jane Austen - the shy woman willing to challenge convention, the woman of no pretensions who nevertheless called herself "formidable," a woman who could be frivolous and yet suffer from black depressions, who showed unfailing loyalty and, in the conduct of her own life, unfailing bravery.
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Jane Austen's family existed on the very fringe of the world she described in her fiction, struggling to get ahead with little money and no land in the competitive society of Georgian England, sometimes succeeding but often failing with painful consequences. New research in family papers has yielded a rich, tragi-comic picture of the Austen clan - their ambitions, their matrimonial alliances, their exotic connections with India and France. At the same time, Tomalin's explorations in local archives reveal a surprising view of the neighbors the family lived among in Hampshire, more extravagant and eccentric by far than anyone depicted in Austen's books.
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But it is in the deeply human portrait of Jane Austen herself that this biography excels. The honesty and directness of her personality (perfect heroines made her "sick and wicked"), her strength in giving up a chance at marriage to follow the path her vocation as a writer required her to take, the warmth and long consistency of her relationship with her sister, Cassandra, the poignancy of her death - Claire Tomalin here captures the living character of a great writer who is read, re-read, read again, and adored, now more than ever.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tomalin, C. (19991997). Jane Austen: a life (1st Vintage Books ed.). Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tomalin, Claire. 19991997. Jane Austen: A Life. New York: Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tomalin, Claire. Jane Austen: A Life New York: Vintage Books, 19991997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tomalin, Claire. Jane Austen: A Life 1st Vintage Books ed., Vintage Books, 19991997.
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