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The World of Jane Austen

Brenda Williams author Brian Williams author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Batsford

Published:30th Mar '12

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Through the novels of England’s foremost woman writer, we explore the Regency world at the time of the Napoleonic wars, its manners, fashion and style, pastimes and entertainments. Jane Austen – loved now by a huge audience, thanks partly to modern-day TV and film – led a quiet, uneventful life – yet lived amid great events, in a society viewed with remarkable wit and perception. Here are the places Austen knew, visited and featured in her books: the settings for balls, country strolls, holiday tours, carriage drives, walks, picnics, rendezvous and revelations. The guide includes evocative quotations, surprising facts and places to visit.

ISBN: 9781841653723

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

32 pages