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Jane Austen: A Life

Autor Claire Tomalin
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 iun 2012
Jane Austenis the definitive biography of one of Britain's best-loved novelists, from the acclaimed author ofSamuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self,Charles Dickens: A LifeandThe Invisible Woman

'As near perfect a life of Austen as we are likely to get: intelligent, feeling, suggestive' Carmen Callil,Daily Telegraph

'Tomalin has written a biography that reflects Austen's own exacting standards, a book that radiates intelligence, wit and insight' Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times

'Of all the Austen biographies, this is the best ... leaves the reader with a much deeper appreciation of the circumstances and motivation behind the creation of those six perfect novels'Harpers & Queen

'I cannot think that a better life of Jane Austen then Claire Tomalin's will be written for many years.' Philip Hensher,Mail on Sunday

'A perfect biography: detailed, witty, warm. Tomalin involves us so deeply that Austen's final illness and death come almost as a personal tragedy to the reader' Dirk Bogarde,Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241963272
ISBN-10: 0241963273
Pagini: 400
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Claire Tomalin is a former literary editor of theNew Statesmanand theSunday Times. She has written seven highly acclaimed literary biographies, includingSamuel Pepys,which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award, and in 2011 the international bestsellerCharles Dickens.She is married to the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.

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As near perfect a Life of Austen as we are likely to get: intelligent, feeling, suggestive
A book that radiates intelligence, wit and insight
A perfect biography: detailed, witty, warm
Claire Tomalin is the finest and most disinterested of biographers, because in her pages she has given Jane Austen her liberty

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Providing detailed and absorbing accounts of Jane Austen's friendships and travels, Tomalin shatters the myth of the novelist as a sheltered and homebound spinster whose knowledge of the world was limited to the view from a Hampshire village. of illustrations. Map.