Jane Austin - Hardcover

Ross

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081353299X ISBN 13: 9780813532998

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The only best-selling authors in Jane Austen's league in the English language today are Shakespeare and Dickens. In the twenty-first century her boundless appeal continues to grow following the enormously successful television and film adaptations of Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, and Sense and Sensibility. This illuminating, entertaining, up-to-date companion is the only general guide to Jane Austen, her work, and her world. Josephine Ross explores the literary scene during the time Austen's works first appeared: the books considered classics then, the "horrid novels" and romances, and the grasping publishers. She looks at the architecture and d cor of Austen's era that made up "the profusion and elegance of modern taste." Regency houses for instance, Chippendale furniture, and "picturesque scenery." On a smaller scale she answers questions that may baffle modern readers. What, for example, was "hartshorn"? How did Lizzy Bennet "let down" her gown to hide her muddy petticoat? Ross shows us the fashions, and the subtle ways Jane Austen used clothes to express character. Courtship, marriage, adultery, class and "rank," mundane tasks of ordinary life, all appear, as does the wider political and military world. This book will add depth to all readers' enjoyment of Jane Austen, whether confirmed addicts or newcomers wanting to learn about one of the world's most popular and enduring writers.

About this title

Book Description:

This companion aims to act as a general guide to Jane Austen, her work and her world. Josephine Ross explores the literary world at the turn of the 19th century: the books considered classics, the horrid novels and romances of the time, the lending libraries and grasping publishers.

Synopsis:

Ross, a London writer who has written on British history, provides what is purported to be the only general guide to the life, writings, and the Regency era social, literary, and political world of this ever-popular novelist. The illustrations include a rare portrait of Austen (c.1810). Originally published in the UK by John Murray. Annotation (c)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 081353299X
• ISBN 13: 9780813532998
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 259