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Jane Austen: A Life Book

It's refreshing to get such a passionate and contrarian account of Jane Austen's life, though the book's emphasis on thwarted emotions and family misdeeds will undoubtedly displease the more traditional-minded of her admirers. David Nokes, a prominent scholar of 18th-century English literature, views Austen as "a wild beast" (her phrase) transformed by well-meaning relatives into a demure spinster through wholesale bowdlerizing of her letters and personal papers. Nokes's narrative doesn't tell us anything new, but by stressing Austen's ambition and acerbity, he offers a welcome alternative perspective. Read More

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  • Product Description

    Drawing on unpublished sources, the author offers an intimate, psychological portrait of the novelist, revealing the truth behind many disturbing Austen family secrets and tracing the internal conflicts that formed Austen's divided character."

  • 0374113262
  • 9780374113261
  • David Nokes
  • 1 September 1997
  • Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 578
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