Bibliograph

Jane Austen, the woman : some biographical insights, George Holbert Tucker ; foreword by John McAleer, Professor of English, Boston College

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Jane Austen, the woman : some biographical insights, George Holbert Tucker ; foreword by John McAleer, Professor of English, Boston College

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

genealogical tablesportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jane Austen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

29028649

Responsibility statement

George Holbert Tucker ; foreword by John McAleer, Professor of English, Boston College

Sub title

the woman : some biographical insights

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 The product of over fifty years of research, Jane Austen the Woman presents previously unpublished biographical material--including some from Austen's collateral descendants--that has hitherto gone undetected by a legion of Austen sleuths

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