Little Book of Jane Austen - Hardcover

Morgan Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909040045 ISBN 13: 9781909040045

Publisher: G2 Entertainment Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

*Jane Austen, long revered as the greatest of female novelists, is about to break new ground 200 years after her death on July 20 by appearing on a coin and a bank note this year. *The Royal Mint, in a New Year s statement, announced that Austen has been chosen as the new image for its commemorative £2 coins. *About five million will be released into mass circulation. The coins, which feature a silhouette of Austen, will be launched in the Spring. *At about the same time, the Bank of England is expected to release its new, plastic, unrippable £10 note and in the process will replace Charles Darwin with an Austen portrait. She completed just six novels in her short life, but the works of Jane Austen have earned her a special place among the world s most revered and enjoyed authors. Today, 200 years after the publication of her most famous book, Pride and Prejudice, the novel is still near the top of the most-loved books pile. Born the daughter of a clergyman, she observed the morals and behaviour of the landed gentry of her time with brilliant description, gentle wit and biting satire. Although she never married, she wrote of the dalliances and marriages of the bright young things of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with affection, while ever ready to make a social comment or two. Updated by Cambridge historian Pat Morgan, The Little Book of Jane Austen examines the life, work and influence of an author whose importance to British literature can be judged by the Bank of England s decision to feature her on the new £10 note.

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The photographs of llama's featured in this calendar were taken by Pat Morgan on Woosterville Farm where she raises mini-llamas and alpacas for breeding and fleece. The farm is located in British Columbia, Canada. woosterville.weebly.com

About this edition

• Publisher: G2 Entertainment Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1909040045
• ISBN 13: 9781909040045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128