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Jane Austen, the woman : some biographical insights
- Title
- Jane Austen, the woman : some biographical insights / George Holbert Tucker ; foreword by John McAleer.
- Author
- Tucker, George Holbert.
- Publication
- New York : St. Martins Press, 1994.
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- Description
- xvii, 268 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- By focusing on the woman rather than the author, Tucker paints a new and welcome portrait of Jane Austen: not the spinster recluse of previous biographies, but a vibrant, well-traveled woman who was very much a part of the world in which she lived. Tucker's goal is not to tell us more about Austen's writing but to tell her personal history - her environment, her friendships, her romantic attachments.
- The product of over fifty years of research, Jane Austen the Woman presents previously unpublished biographical material - including some from Austen's collateral descendants - that has hitherto gone undetected by a legion of Austen sleuths. George Holbert Tucker has written a highly readable, enjoyable book that will delight both Austen fans and those who are discovering her for the first time.
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- Contents
- Ch. 1. Presenting Miss Jane Austen -- Ch. 2. Homes, Environments, and Friends -- Ch. 3. Beaux and a Blighted Romance -- Ch. 4. Jane Austen and the Events of Her Time -- Ch. 5. The Elegant Amenities -- Ch. 6. Jane Austen and the Prince Regent -- Ch. 7. Jane Austen's Reading -- Ch. 8. Jane Austen and Scandal -- Ch. 9. Jane Austen's Journeyings -- Ch. 10. Jane Austen and Religion.
- ISBN
- 0312120494 :
- LCCN
- 94000709
- OCLC
- 427983783
- ocn427983783
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries