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Jane Austen: Writer in the World
The life of Jane Austen has fascinated the millions of readers around the world who cherish her work. A new collection presents an intimate portrait of Austen through her personal possessions, showing the many details of her life that found echoes in her fiction, especially her keen observations of the “little matters”—the routines of reading, dining and taking tea, paying visits to family and friends, and walking to the shops or to send the post.
Brilliantly edited by Kathryn Sutherland, Jane Writer in the World offers a life story told through the author's personal possessions. In her teenage notebooks, literary jokes give a glimpse of her family’s shared love of reading and satire, which can be seen in the subtler humor of Austen’s published work. Pieces from Austen’s hand-copied collection of sheet music reveal how music was used to create networks far more intricate than the simple pleasures of home recital. A beautiful brown silk pelisse-coat, together with lively letters between Austen and Cassandra, give insight into her views on fashion. All feature in this lavishly illustrated collection, along with homemade booklets in which she composed her novels, portraits made of Austen during her lifetime, and much more. Also included are objects associated with the era in which Austen newspaper articles, naval logbooks, and contemporary political cartoons, shedding light on Austen’s wider social and political worlds.
This collection makes a delightful modern-day keepsake from one of the world’s best-loved writers on the two-hundredth anniversary of her death.
Brilliantly edited by Kathryn Sutherland, Jane Writer in the World offers a life story told through the author's personal possessions. In her teenage notebooks, literary jokes give a glimpse of her family’s shared love of reading and satire, which can be seen in the subtler humor of Austen’s published work. Pieces from Austen’s hand-copied collection of sheet music reveal how music was used to create networks far more intricate than the simple pleasures of home recital. A beautiful brown silk pelisse-coat, together with lively letters between Austen and Cassandra, give insight into her views on fashion. All feature in this lavishly illustrated collection, along with homemade booklets in which she composed her novels, portraits made of Austen during her lifetime, and much more. Also included are objects associated with the era in which Austen newspaper articles, naval logbooks, and contemporary political cartoons, shedding light on Austen’s wider social and political worlds.
This collection makes a delightful modern-day keepsake from one of the world’s best-loved writers on the two-hundredth anniversary of her death.
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224 pages, Hardcover
Published October 15, 2017
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October 12, 2024
I have read the Chinese version of this book. It has brilliant pictures and great quality. The essay about Austen’s coat by Hilary Davidson and the two essays by Deirdre Lynch, one about letter writing in Austen’s times and another on the popularity of Jane Austen, are the most interesting essays of this book.
《简.奥斯汀 在爱中成就自我的一代文豪》
许光亚译
江苏凤凰文艺出版社
《简.奥斯汀 在爱中成就自我的一代文豪》
许光亚译
江苏凤凰文艺出版社
October 24, 2018
3-3.5 stars
A diverse collection of essays complete with lots of background info about Austen and some stunning full-colour photo spreads. It's certainly broad in the topics it covers--from letters to war to manuscripts to music--but just the right amount of specific in the way it chooses to deal with those topics. I learned a lot, and that's really all you can ask for from a book like this. My favourite essay was by far "Jane Austen's Pelisse-Coat"--who knew a 20-page essay about a coat of all things could be so interesting?
A diverse collection of essays complete with lots of background info about Austen and some stunning full-colour photo spreads. It's certainly broad in the topics it covers--from letters to war to manuscripts to music--but just the right amount of specific in the way it chooses to deal with those topics. I learned a lot, and that's really all you can ask for from a book like this. My favourite essay was by far "Jane Austen's Pelisse-Coat"--who knew a 20-page essay about a coat of all things could be so interesting?
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