| Author: | Maggie Lane | ISBN: | 9780719813757 |
| Publisher: | Robert Hale | Publication: | January 31, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Robert Hale | Language: | English |
| Author: | Maggie Lane |
| ISBN: | 9780719813757 |
| Publisher: | Robert Hale |
| Publication: | January 31, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Robert Hale |
| Language: | English |
Revealing the importance of place in Jane Austen’s writings, this book follows her travels throughout Georgian England. Jane Austen strayed far from the confines of her native Hampshire and Bath to find new material for her novels, from Pride and Prejudice to Northanger Abbey. With an accurate eye she sketched acute, witty studies of society in Lyme Regis and Bristol, Devizes and Southampton, Brighton and Winchester. This illustrated text summons the beauties of the English landscape, recreating the distinctive backdrop for some of the finest novels in English literature.
Revealing the importance of place in Jane Austen’s writings, this book follows her travels throughout Georgian England. Jane Austen strayed far from the confines of her native Hampshire and Bath to find new material for her novels, from Pride and Prejudice to Northanger Abbey. With an accurate eye she sketched acute, witty studies of society in Lyme Regis and Bristol, Devizes and Southampton, Brighton and Winchester. This illustrated text summons the beauties of the English landscape, recreating the distinctive backdrop for some of the finest novels in English literature.
