Amy, Helen,

Jane Austen / [Book] / Helen Amy. - 206 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.



The story of Jane Austen’s life and literary career. Includes material from the long-forgotten commonplace book of Jane Austen’s niece, Fanny Knatchbull. Jane Austen, a parson’s daughter who grew up in quiet, rural Hampshire in the eighteenth century, became a famous and much loved English novelist. Drawing on a little known family diary, family memoirs and letters, this book tells the story of Jane’s life largely in her own words and those of people who knew her. It also traces her development as a novelist and the growth of her reputation and fame following her untimely death at the age of forty-one.

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9781445605869 (hardback) 1445605864 (hardback)

GBB265081 bnb


Women authors, English--19th century--Biography.
Authors, English--19th century--Biography.

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