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Jane Austen / [by] Brian Wilks.

Title: Jane Austen / [by] Brian Wilks.
Author: Wilks, Brian.
Publication: London ; New York : Hamlyn, 1978.

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Description

144 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., geneal. table, map, music, ports. (some col.); 31 cm.

Summary

An illustrated biography of the witty English novelist, with stories of her accomplished family and her times, the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

Subject

Genre/Form

Biography
Biographies
Biographies.

Note

Includes index.

Contents

Introduction: the eventful life -- England 1775-1817 -- A Hampshire family -- World events impinge -- Jane -- The early writing: 1787-1793 -- The betweenities and the history of England -- Hampshire society -- Young men and women -- The novels in solution -- Bath -- 1801 to 1806 -- James and Henry -- Edward, Frank and Charles -- Nephews and nieces -- Chawton in Hampshire: 1808-1817 -- Public acclaim -- The final year.

ISBN

060030356X

LCCN

^^^79300977^

OCLC

4327964
SCSB-12485770

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library