Jennings Charles - A Brief Guide To Jane Austen The Life And Times Of The World's Favourite Author - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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.
Title: A Brief Guide To Jane Austen The Life And Times Of The World's Favourite Author
Author(s): Jennings Charles
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
Barcode: 9781780330464
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 6/12/2018
Series: Brief Histories
Category: Biography: Literary