1997, ISBN: 1857024192

[EAN: 9781857024197], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 3.0], [PU: London: Fourth Estate,], Literary Criticism|European|English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Jacket, 578 S. Umschlag leicht berieb… mais…

[EAN: 9781857024197], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 3.0], [PU: London: Fourth Estate,], Literary Criticism|European|English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Jacket, 578 S. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - 'Pictures of perfection make me sick and wicked,' Jane Austen wrote to her niece Fanny Knight a few months before she died. Yet most traditional accounts of Jane Austen's life have insisted on portraying her as just such a picture of perfection. Her brother Henry described/ her as 'faultless . as nearly as human nature can be', and her sister Cassandra burned the majority of Jane Austen's private letters in order to preserve this image of her as a paragon of all the discreet and modest virtues. In this new biography of Jane Austen, David Nokes has re-examined her life and presents a picture of her which is less perfect but more full of dangerous excitement. Working from unpublished sources, he discloses the truth behind several disturbing Austen family secrets, and presents the conflicts in Jane Austen's mind between her love of rural tranquillity and her restless fascination with the lure of wealth and fame. As Jane Austen wrote in another of her letters, 'If I am a wild beast, I cannot help it. It is not my fault.' (Verlagstext). ISBN 9781857024197 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1050 Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag., Books<

1997, ISBN: 9781857024197

London, Fourth Estate, 578 S. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - 'Pictures of perfection make me sick and wicked,' Jane Austen wrote to h… mais…

London, Fourth Estate, 578 S. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - 'Pictures of perfection make me sick and wicked,' Jane Austen wrote to her niece Fanny Knight a few months before she died. Yet most traditional accounts of Jane Austen's life have insisted on portraying her as just such a picture of perfection. Her brother Henry described/ her as 'faultless ... as nearly as human nature can be', and her sister Cassandra burned the majority of Jane Austen's private letters in order to preserve this image of her as a paragon of all the discreet and modest virtues. In this new biography of Jane Austen, David Nokes has re-examined her life and presents a picture of her which is less perfect but more full of dangerous excitement. Working from unpublished sources, he discloses the truth behind several disturbing Austen family secrets, and presents the conflicts in Jane Austen's mind between her love of rural tranquillity and her restless fascination with the lure of wealth and fame. As Jane Austen wrote in another of her letters, 'If I am a wild beast, I cannot help it. It is not my fault.' (Verlagstext). ISBN 9781857024197Biographie 1997<

1997, ISBN: 9781857024197

Fourth Estate, 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in fair… mais…

Fourth Estate, 1997. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:9781857024197, Fourth Estate, 1997, 0<