A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Reasons Why We Can't Stop Reading Jane Austen - Softcover

Carson, Susannah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846144590 ISBN 13: 9781846144592

Publisher: Penguin, 2011

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 320 Publisher: the Penguin PressClassics This book-ings together 33 writers past and present on just what it is about Jane Austen that continues to delight. amuse console and provoke a U.S. Here Jay McInerny confesses to serial crushes on most of Austen's heroines. and celeates her belief in true love. Amy Hecherling reveals how she transformed Emma into the hit romantic comedy Clueless. and Martin Amis muses on Pride and Prejudice as a divine comedy of love - and imagines a twenty-page sex scene between Lizzy and Darcy. Susanna Clarke shows how happiness depends on a good marriage in Austen's world. while Fay Weldon wonders whether the 'bad' girls in Mansfield Park have more fun. Whether discussing Austen's gift for comedy. why men and women respond to her differently. or why she would be an ideal dinner guest (although she wouldn't want to ...

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Review

"Contains almost as many gems as the novels encompass."--"Miami Herald" "The novels of Jane Austen live beyond the page, haunting our lives. The writers in this volume explain their own relationship with Austen and together are a kind of invitation for us, whether we're Janeites or not, to understand why we are so in her thrall."--"Chicago Tribune"" ""Austen's irony is so deliciously multilayered that every rereading will yield a fresh perspective. This book offers many such discoveries. . . . [A] delightful volume."--"The Economist" "Jane Austen remains a hot literary property [and this book] explains her eternal appeal.""--USA Today" "Austenites will enjoy dipping into this collection."--"Booklist"" ""The pieces make many astute points about Austen's oeuvre."--

About the Author

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was modest about her own genius but is one of English literature's greatest and most admired writers. She is the author of Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.

Susannah Carson is currently a doctoral candidate in French literature at Yale University. Previous degrees include an M.Phil from the Sorbonne Paris III, as well as M.A.s from the Université Lyon II and San Francisco State University. She has given talks on various topics of English and French literature at Oxford, the University of Glasgow, Yale, Harvard, Concordia, and Boston University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1846144590
• ISBN 13: 9781846144592
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320