A sparklingly intelligent and intimate biography of one of Britain's best-loved writers by the highly praised biographer of Swift: 'The best biography of Swift to date.' Michael Foot, Observer. In this brilliant reassessment of an often misunderstood subject, David Nokes explores beneath the surface of Jane Austen's outwardly calm existence to uncover the psychological dramas which shaped her fiction and forged her profound and knowing insight into human emotions. Re-examining the letters and documents of her life ...
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A sparklingly intelligent and intimate biography of one of Britain's best-loved writers by the highly praised biographer of Swift: 'The best biography of Swift to date.' Michael Foot, Observer. In this brilliant reassessment of an often misunderstood subject, David Nokes explores beneath the surface of Jane Austen's outwardly calm existence to uncover the psychological dramas which shaped her fiction and forged her profound and knowing insight into human emotions. Re-examining the letters and documents of her life, as well as her novels, to trace the inner sources of the imaginative vitality and emotional power that animated her work, Nokes has produced an altogether more personal portrait than has ever been achieved before. He argues that the seductive power of Austen's fiction comes from her intense, imaginative struggle to create images of harmony out of the disruptions and upheavals of her private life. Her novels, for all their triumphant artifice, betray many disturbing reminders of the frustrations of female hopes and the penalties of social dependency. This biography is an engaging, original and highly readable, a fitting testimony to the clergyman's daughter whose novels rank among the world's greatest literary works.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1150grams, ISBN: 9781857024197.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1150grams, ISBN: 9781857024197.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Very Good condition, name and details written quite neatly to half-title page, in a Very Good dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st edition, large 8vo, 578pp, photo reproductions, VG+/Fine Copy in VG+ DJ mildly creased at head of spine.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Very Good or better condition, a few small marks to edges otherwise Fine, in a Fine dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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Physical description: xiv, 578 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 25cm. Notes: Genealogical table on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-559) and index. Subjects: Austen, Jane (1775-1817); Biography. Women novelists, English, 19th century. Provenance: Bookplate of Roy and Nina Merley. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
