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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0711231583
- EAN
- 9780711231580
- Date of Publication
- 2014-06-05
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Hardback
- Release Title
- Jane Austen's Country Life
- Artist
- Le Faye, Deirdre
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group UK
ISBN-10
0711231583
ISBN-13
9780711231580
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160098569
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jane Austen's Country Life
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
29.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
presents a panoramic appreciation of the countryside pleasures and hardships ... masterfully explores all aspects of the 'rural backdrop' to Austen's letters and novels ... the visuals enhance almost every page of this elegant book., Miss LeFaye's likeable study proves that, in her own quiet way, Austen wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty.", "[the] detail makes this book an absolute joy to read ... Le Faye is a deliciously conversational writer, who doesn't know how to write a dull sentence. The result is a book that one constantly needs to share with anyone who will listen." Miss LeFaye's likeable study proves that, in her own quiet way, Austen wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty." "well-researched and fascinating account of Austen's country life in Regency England." "an attractive addition to any Austen collection. Superbly illustrated, it is a treat to read." "presents a panoramic appreciation of the countryside pleasures and hardships ... masterfully explores all aspects of the 'rural backdrop' to Austen's letters and novels ... the visuals enhance almost every page of this elegant book.", "[the] detail makes this book an absolute joy to read . Le Faye is a deliciously conversational writer, who doesn't know how to write a dull sentence. ÿThe result is a book that one constantly needs to share with anyone who will listen." Miss LeFaye's likeable study proves that, in her own quiet way, Austen wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty." "well-researched and fascinating account of Austen's country life in Regency England." ÿ "an attractive addition to any Austen collection.ÿ Superbly illustrated, it is a treat to read." "presents a panoramic appreciation of the countryside pleasures and hardships ... masterfully explores all aspects of the 'rural backdrop' to Austen's letters and novels ... the visuals enhance almost every page of this elegant book.", " ... the book's friendly, rambling tone belies the thoroughness of its sources: passages from the local newspaper of Austen's hometown, Steventon, illustrate the problems of rural crime, while historian Gilbert White describes the impact of a volcanic eruption on the weather of the period. The book is richly illustrated throughout with paintings and sketches contemporary to Austen's writing. Fans will come away with a deeper appreciation for the world in which Austen and her characters lived." - Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
The first book on this subject - essential for a rich understanding of Austen's life and work. Jane Austen lived for nearly all her life in two Hampshire villages: for 25 years in her birthplace of Steventon, and then for the last 8 years of her life in Chawton, during which latter period she wrote and published her great novels. While there are plenty of books describing her periods of urban life in Bath, Southampton and London, and the summer holidays in Lyme Regis and other West Country seaside resorts, no consideration has been given to this rural background to her life. Her father was not only the rector of Steventon but a farmer there as well, managing a property of some 200 acres. Her brother Edward, in addition, was a large landowner, holding the three estates of Godmersham in Kent, Steventon and Chawton in Hampshire. Agriculture in all its aspects was even more important to Jane than clerical life or the naval careers of her younger brothers. This book fills a gap in the Austen family background, discussing the state of agriculture in general in the south of England during the wartime conditions which lasted for most of Jane Austen's life, and considering in particular the villages and their inhabitants, the weather conditions, field crops, farm and domestic animals, and the Austens' household economy and rural way of life. All appear in Austen's letters, and appear also unobtrusively in her novels, lending that air of verisimilitude for which her works are famous. Apart from these obvious sources, there are other Austen family manuscripts, as yet unpublished, which provide particular and unique information. Richly illustrated with contemporary depictions of country folk, landscapes and animals, Jane Austen and Country Life conjures up a world which has vanished more thoroughly than the familiar Regency townscapes of Bath or London, but which is no less important to an understanding of this most treasured writer's life and work., In this richly illustrated book, Deirdre Le Faye explores and evokes country life in Jane Austen's day, offering new perspectives on her life and work., Jane Austen lived for nearly all her life in two Hampshire villages: for 25 years in her birthplace of Steventon, and then for the last 8 years of her life in Chawton, during which she wrote and published her great novels. While there are plenty of books describing her periods of urban life in Bath, Southampton and London, and the summer holidays in Lyme Regis and other West Country seaside resorts, no book has given consideration to the rural background of her life. Her father was not only the rector of Steventon but a farmer there as well, managing a property of some 200 acres. Her brother Edward, in addition, was a large landowner, holding the three estates of Godmersham in Kent, Steventon and Chawton in Hampshire. Agriculture, in all its aspects, was even more important to Jane than clerical life or the naval careers of her younger brothers. This book fills a gap in the Austen family background, discussing the state of agriculture in general in the south of England during the wartime, conditions which lasted for most of Jane Austen's life, and considering in particular the villages and their inhabitants, the weather conditions, field crops, farm and domestic animals, and the Austens' household economy and rural way of life. Apart from these obvious sources, there are other Austen family manuscripts, as yet unpublished, which provide particular and unique information. Richly illustrated with contemporary depictions of country folk, landscapes and animals, Jane Austen's Country Life conjures up a world which has vanished more than the familiar regency townscapes of Bath or London, but which is no less important to an understanding of this most treasured writer's life and work.
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PR4036
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