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25%OFFOliver Macdonagh - Jane Austen: Real and Imagined Worlds - 9780300054491 - V9780300054491
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Jane Austen: Real and Imagined Worlds

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Description for Jane Austen: Real and Imagined Worlds Paperback. Aims to reveal how the novels of Jane Austen illuminate English history in the quarter century between 1792 and 1817. The book builds a picture of Austen's life and personality and of the social and political world she inhabited in the period during and immediately after the Napoleonic Wars. Num Pages: 198 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.

In this book a distinguished historian explores the novels of Jane Austen, showing how they illuminate English history in the quarter century before 1792 and 1817 and how, in turn, an appreciation of this period in history enriches our reading of the novels. Oliver MacDonagh paints a picture of Jane Austen’s life and personality and of the social and political worlds she inhabited during and immediately after the Napoleonic Wars. Analyzing her letters as well as her novels, he shows how Austen’s experiences and her reactions to events were woven into her fiction.

 

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300054491
SKU
V9780300054491
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

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