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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460790303321

Autore

Butler Marilyn

Titolo

Jane Austen / / Marilyn Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-19-155107-4

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Very Interesting People ; ; 13

Disciplina

823.7

Soggetti

Women novelists, English - 19th century

Novelists, English - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the author; 1 Childhood; 2 The making of a writer; 3 Early novels; 4 Austen at Chawton; 5 Death and image; 6 Austen's reputation; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...  From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time.  Each book in the series is based upon the biographical entry from the world-famous Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.  The Very Interesting People series includes the following titles: 1.William Shakespeare by Peter Holland  2. George Eliot by Rosemary Ashton  3. Charles Dickens by Michael Slater  4.