Becoming Jane Austen

Nonfiction, History, British, Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book Becoming Jane Austen by Prof Jon Spence, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Prof Jon Spence ISBN: 9781441153425
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: March 5, 2007
Imprint: Continuum Language: English
Author: Prof Jon Spence
ISBN: 9781441153425
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: March 5, 2007
Imprint: Continuum
Language: English

Jon Spence's fascinating biography of Jane Austen paints an intimate portrait of the much-loved novelist. Spence's meticulous research has, perhaps most notably, uncovered evidence that Austen and the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy fell in love at the age of twenty and that the relationship inspired Pride and Prejudice, one of the most celebrated works of fiction ever written. Becoming Jane Austen gives the fullest account we have of the romance, which was more serious and more enduring than previously believed. Seeing this love story in the context of Jane Austen's whole life enables us to appreciate the profound effect the relationship had on her art and on subsequent choices that she made in her life.

Full of insight and with an attentive eye for detail, Spence explores Jane Austen's emotional attachments and the personal influences that shaped her as a novelist. His elegant narrative provides a point of entry into Jane Austen's world as she herself perceived and experienced it. It is a world familiar to us from her novels, but in Becoming Jane Austen, Austen herself is the heroine.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Jon Spence's fascinating biography of Jane Austen paints an intimate portrait of the much-loved novelist. Spence's meticulous research has, perhaps most notably, uncovered evidence that Austen and the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy fell in love at the age of twenty and that the relationship inspired Pride and Prejudice, one of the most celebrated works of fiction ever written. Becoming Jane Austen gives the fullest account we have of the romance, which was more serious and more enduring than previously believed. Seeing this love story in the context of Jane Austen's whole life enables us to appreciate the profound effect the relationship had on her art and on subsequent choices that she made in her life.

Full of insight and with an attentive eye for detail, Spence explores Jane Austen's emotional attachments and the personal influences that shaped her as a novelist. His elegant narrative provides a point of entry into Jane Austen's world as she herself perceived and experienced it. It is a world familiar to us from her novels, but in Becoming Jane Austen, Austen herself is the heroine.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Screenwriting is Rewriting by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Mark 15:39 as a Markan Theology of Revelation by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book The Chaco War by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Ten Gifts of the Demiurge by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Design Anthropology by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Meeting the Enemy by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book How to be an Outstanding Primary School Teacher 2nd edition by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Bewigged and Bewildered? by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Pretty Doll Houses by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Empire, Race and the Politics of Anti-Caste by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Amir Khan by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Basics Graphic Design 01: Approach and Language by Prof Jon Spence
Cover of the book Willy Russell Plays: 2 by Prof Jon Spence
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy