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- 's "Jane Austen: A Life" is Claire Tomalin's highly readable, even dramatic account of the life of the popular romance novelist.
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Jane Austen: A Life
November 21, 2011
I purchased and first read this book in Bath in 1999, after visiting Chawton (where Austen lived in the latter part of her life and wrote her last three novels) and Salisbury (where she died and was buried). After that albeit rather limited literary pilgrimage, it seemed appropriate to acquire and read a biography of the writer while I was still in what had been her environment. Although I have re-read Austen's novels in the intervening years, I have not looked at the biography again. This weekend, I re-read it in two sittings. It was good to become reacquainted with Austen and her family, to become lost in the complexity of her extended family relationships and to immerse myself in the influences on her writing.
In The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett has his central character - the Queen - conclude that authors "were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader's imagination as the characters i
the short take: okay, so i found this book really clunky. Tomalin's biography reads like a novel, and you can recognize the inspirations for many of Austen's characters, including the pompous Mr. Collins from Pride. At her death in 1817, Jane Austen left the world six of the most beloved novels written in English—but her shortsighted family destroyed the.
I purchased and first read this book in Bath in 1999, after visiting Chawton (where Austen lived in the latter part of her life and wrote her last three novels) and Salisbury (where she died and was buried). After that albeit rather limited literary pilgrimage, it seemed appropriate to acquire and read a biography of the writer while I was still in what had been her environment. Although I have re-read Austen's novels in the intervening years, I have not looked at the biography again. This weekend, I re-read it in two sittings. It was good to become reacquainted with Austen and her family, to become lost in the complexity of her extended family relationships and to immerse myself in the influences on her writing.
In The Uncommon Reader, Alan Bennett has his central character - the Queen - conclude that authors "were probably best met within the pages of their novels, and were as much creatures of the reader's imagination as the characters i
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- Claire Tomalin, author of four previous biographies of notable British women, treats Jane Austen () with the respect her genius deserves.
Claire Tomalin and Carol Shields on Jane Austen's Life
- Now acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin, author of A Life of My Own, has filled the gaps in the record, creating a remarkably fresh and convincing portrait of the woman and the writer.
Jane Austen: A Life: Tomalin, Claire: 9780679446286: Amazon ...
| A biography that reflects Austen's own exacting standards, a book that radiates intelligence, wit, and insight. | |
| "Jane Austen: A Life" is highly recommended as an interesting, even dramatic biography. | |
| Tomalin provides detailed and absorbing accounts of Austen's ill-fated love for a young Irishman, her frequent travels and extended visits to London. |