Jane Austen

Gard, Roger / ref: Jane Austen: Jane Austen's Novels - The Art of Clarity - discussion of the works of Jane Austen, Yale University Pub. London 1992
Hardcover in DJ ... BRAND NEW from publisher , imported from London ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... 261 pages with index ... Midnight Blue cloth over boards with Gold gilt titles on spine, in glossy color jacket with matching midnight blue inside flaps; Jacket cover illustration detail from J.M.W. Turner painting " Petworth : The Old Library, c. 1828 " ... Author Roger Gard, presently Reader in English at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, has previously written books on Jane Austen, as well as on Henry James, and on the subject of teaching of English literature and fiction in schools ... He is quoted as saying, with regard to Jane Austen : " it may sound absurd to say that a novelist sometimes needs to be protected from her admirers. Nevertheless ... " .... Although Jane Austen has long been England's best-loved novelist, much criticism in modern times has tended to ignore the sheer appeal and accessibility of her novels ... and instead to treat them as mere material ... the preserve of academics, feminists, historical specialists, and would-be radical theorists ... This book is at once a thoughtful and detailed discussion of Austen's oeuvre and a provocative and witty commentary , that will stimulate all readers ... This book offers lively and perceptive discussions of the six major novels .. Northanger Abbey ... Sense and Sensibility ... Pride and Prejudice ... Mansfield Park ... Emma ... and Persuasion ... together with the early " Lady Susan " ... and the unfinished " Sanditon " ... The precise nature and scope of Austen's realism ... her particularly English approach to the world ... and the characteristic blend in her work of a sharp scepticism about human nature and its banality .. with an idealism about human virtue ... are themes which recur throughout this study .... The book is moreover notable for the original and striking links it makes between Jane Austen and other notable authors ... ranging from Shakespeare to Flaubert, Lawrence, George Eliot and Barbara Pym ... Albeit on a much discussed topic, the beloved Jane Austen, this book nontheless has something new to say in every chapter, and the author says it with authority and with style ... Leonce Ormond at Kings College, University of London, says of this work that it is " ... sharp and exciting ... brilliant in the best sense " ... Kate Fullbrook of Bristol Polytechnic says it is " An extremely fine and elegantly written study of Jane Austen's novels. It should appeal to a wide range of readers ... " .... " Jane Austen's Novels - The Art of Clarity " ... by Roger Gard ... published by Yale University Press, London ... 1992 ... First Edition Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality

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SPENCE, JON. Becoming Jane Austen. The Continuum Publishing Company, New York: 2007.

294 pages. Jon Spence's fascinating biography of Jane Austen paints an intimate portrait of the much-loved novelist. Spence's meticulous research has, perhaps most notably, uncovered evidence that Austen and the charming young Irishman Tom Lefroy fell in love at the age of twenty and that the relationship inspired Pride and Prejudice, one of the most celebrated works of fiction ever written. Becoming Jane Austen gives the fullest account we have of the romance, which was more serious and more enduring than previously believed. Seeing this love story in the context of Jane Austen's whole life enables us to appreciate the profound effect the relationship had on her art and on subsequent choices that she made in her life. Full of insight and with an attentive eye for detail, Spence explores Jane Austen's emotional attachments and the personal influences that shaped her as a novelist. His elegant narrative provides a point of entry into Jane Austen's world as she herself perceived and experienced it. It is a world familiar to us from her novels, but in Becoming Jane Austen, Austen herself is the heroine. "Jon Spence has given us the most cogent portrait of Jane Austen's literary life to date." -Julia Barrett, author of Presumption, The Third Sister and Jane Austen's Charlotte British Heritage Magazine Softcover. Brand new book.

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Karen Joy Fowler: Der Jane Austen Club, Goldmann Wilhelm,2005 ISBN: 3442546117
Fünf Frauen und ein Mann, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten, schließen sich zu einem Leseclub zusammen, um über die Romane von Jane Austen zu diskutieren. Sechs Monate lang lassen Jocelyn, Sylvia, Allegra, Bernadette, Prudie und Grigg die Figuren, Gedanken und den Witz Jane Austens in ihr Leben - und das nicht ohne Folgen. Was bei ihren Treffen ans Licht kommt, sind allerdings weniger die verschiedenen Aspekte von "Stolz und Vorurteil" als die Wünsche und Sehnsüchte der Teilnehmer. Nebenbei bewegt natürlich alle Frauen die Frage, warum Jocelyn einen Mann in die Runde eingeladen hat, wo doch jeder weiß, dass Männer kaum lesen - geschweige denn Jane Austen. Während der Club zusammenkommt, werden Familiengeschichten ans Tageslicht gebracht, Ehen getestet, zarte Bande gesponnen und Tragödien gemeistert. Und am Ende hat nicht nur Grigg, der einzige männliche Teilnehmer, die Liebe und das große Glück gefunden..."Die Romane von Jane Austen bieten hier nur den Rahmen für einen wunderbaren Reigen an interessanten und liebevollen Persönlichkeiten, die kennenzulernen sich sehr lohnt. Sie plaudern wehmütig und witzig über die Liebe und andere Höhen und Tiefen im Leben. Einfach schön, geschmeidig erzählt."Bild am Sonntag"Dieser Roman ist beste Unterhaltung für alle Kenner der vorviktorianischen Autorin Jane Austen. Er ist auch beste Unterhaltung für all jene, die niemals Jane Austen lesen werden. Denn die amerikanische Schriftstellerin Karen Joy Fowler hat nicht nur eine glänzende Parodie auf die für manche etwas langatmigen Romane der Engländerin geschrieben. Fowler hat vielmehr ein hervorragendes Panoptikum des amerikanischen Bildungsbürgertums verfasst. (...) So schafft sie es elegant, einen kühnen Bogen von der guten alten Jane im frühen 19. Jahrhundert bis in die ferne Zukunft zu schlagen."Facts"Eine raffinierte, witzige Erzählung über die Liebe."Bücher

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Austen, J. ; Ross, L. ; Gilson, D. Austen-Leigh J. E. The Novels of Jane Austen [etc.] edited by Louise Ross with a new introduction by David Gilson. [ Complete set, 19 volumes, special limited edition facsimile. ] Routledge, London, 1994 reprint of various dates.
The special limited edition facsimile set, in boards, 1 of 75 sets, signed in Volume 1 by the editors Ross and Gilson. A very attractive facsimile edition - not to be confused with the simultaneously issued clothbound edition. The set comprises facsimiles of the first edition novels, in sixteen volumes with bibliographically-orientated introductions by David Gilson, and three further volumes of biographical interest. "The blue/grey paper-covered boards, cream cloth spine and paper title-label is as close to the original publisher's bindings of the first edition as modern binding methods permit" - from the introduction. The set comprises: (1) Sense and Sensibility Vols 1 - 3; (2) Pride and Prejudice Vols I - III; (3) Mansfield Park Vols I - III; (4) Emma Vols I - III; (5) Northanger Abbey and Persuasion Vols I - IV; (6) A memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh; (7) Letters of Jane Austen, edited with an introduction by Edward Brabourne Vols I - II. [ Originally published as: Sense and sensibility. London: [J. Austen], 1811; Pride and prejudice. London: T.Egerton, 1813; Emma. London: John Murray, 1816; Mansfield Park. London: T. Egerton, 1814; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. London: John Murray, 1818; A memoir of Jane Austen byJames Edward Austen-Leigh. London: R. Bentley, 1870; and Letters of Jane Austen edited and with an introduction by Edward Brabourne. London: R. Bentley, 1884. ]

19 vols, cream cloth-backed boards, paper label to spines, 23 cm, 8vo, in original boxcase, Set No. 10. Fine set in publisher's boxcase. 0415125383

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