Jane Austen: pocket GIANTS

Jane Austen: pocket GIANTS
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Publisher : The History Press
Total Pages : 87
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ISBN-10 : 9780750955225
ISBN-13 : 0750955228
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Jane Austen: pocket GIANTS by : Caroline Sanderson

Download or read book Jane Austen: pocket GIANTS written by Caroline Sanderson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's something about Jane... Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never had children, lived all her life in the south of England and rarely strayed far from the genteel and orthodox social circle into which she was born. She completed only six novels, and achieved little fame in her lifetime. Yet 200 years after her death, she remains one of our most revered writers, and one of the most regularly adapted for television and film. Her novels are beloved by readers all over the world who continue to be inspired, beguiled and delighted by her often comic, and always shrewd insights into the calculations, and complexities of human hearts and minds. This short biography aims to get to the heart of the enigmatic woman who was Jane Austen, and to the enduring qualities in her work which make it so universally loved and admired.

Jane Austen: Novelist

Jane Austen: Novelist
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Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9781502624468
ISBN-13 : 150262446X
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Jane Austen: Novelist by : Caroline Sanderson

Download or read book Jane Austen: Novelist written by Caroline Sanderson and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen is one of Britain’s most infamous female authors—with most of this fame being acquired posthumously. With six novels in her repertoire, Austen’s works have been adapted for both film and television and have been critiqued by scholars and studied by students for decades. Most recently, Austen has been a source of spin-offs and commercialization—a relevant author despite more two hundred years separating her life from the present. This book features correspondence between Austen and her family as well as the musings of Austen scholars about the author’s life and work.

The Pocket Guide to Classic Books

The Pocket Guide to Classic Books
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Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 387
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ISBN-10 : 9781844687282
ISBN-13 : 1844687287
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Pocket Guide to Classic Books by : Kieran Hughes

Download or read book The Pocket Guide to Classic Books written by Kieran Hughes and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-06-19 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about classic literature in one handy guide by lecturer Maureen Hughes. Covering everything from the authors to the plays themselves and their common themes, accessibility is a key selling point with factboxes highlighting key or curious facts about the subject. Its size makes it the perfect stocking filler for the Christmas market or at anytime of the year for those wanting more information about what theyre reading or studying in a handy, pocket-sized guide.

Jane Austen and Children

Jane Austen and Children
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9781441149817
ISBN-13 : 1441149813
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Jane Austen and Children by : David Selwyn

Download or read book Jane Austen and Children written by David Selwyn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen is not usually associated with children - especially since she had none of her own. But there are in fact more children in her novels than one might at first think. She herself was from a sizeable family, with numerous nephews and nieces. She was, by all accounts, good with children and popular with them. It was therefore natural for her to include them in her novels, even if sometimes offstage. This book, by one of the world's leading authorities on Austen, looks at both the real and the literary children in her life - children seen and unseen (and dead); children as models of behaviour, good and bad; as objects of affection, amusement, usefulness, pity, regret, jealousy, resentment; children in the way; children as excuses; children as heirs. In the process it casts fascinating light on a hitherto largely ignored aspect of her work and the age in which she lived.

The Magic of Pockets

The Magic of Pockets
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Publisher : Microcosm Publishing
Total Pages : 121
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ISBN-10 : 9781648411823
ISBN-13 : 1648411827
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Magic of Pockets by : Jess Driscoll

Download or read book The Magic of Pockets written by Jess Driscoll and published by Microcosm Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your wardrobe with this step-by-step guide to sewing pockets into your favorite clothes. With simple instructions and line drawings, this book teaches six basic pockets, with suggested alterations to customize each pocket to your wardrobe needs, while learning the history of what pockets looked like and why they remain a political tool today. All the projects are designed for beginner sewists, and most can be made by hand, with no specialty tools or machine required.For every pair of pants with the pockets sewn shut, for every skirt with nowhere to put your hands, for every jacket missing a place to put your cash, there is one dress with pockets big enough to hold your entire world. Finding that one feels like finding a lucky clover among the grass. But clothes with pockets should not be so rare. There are reasons why (spoiler alert: it’s about patriarchy and capitalism!), and this book will teach you some of the history of fashion and politics, but more importantly, this book will teach you how to fix the problem yourself. With the skills in this book, you can make your old clothes useful again. This book is for sewists who don’t always have the time and energy to make a whole garment, and it’s also for those beginners who have never used a needle and thread. This book is for people who aren’t satisfied with clothes as they are and want to make a change. Most of all, this book is for everyone, because everyone deserves pockets.

Catalog of Reprints in Series

Catalog of Reprints in Series
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HWSQJY
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (JY Downloads)

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Download or read book Catalog of Reprints in Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Matters of Fact in Jane Austen

Matters of Fact in Jane Austen
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 335
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ISBN-10 : 9781421407319
ISBN-13 : 1421407310
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Matters of Fact in Jane Austen by : Janine Barchas

Download or read book Matters of Fact in Jane Austen written by Janine Barchas and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the links between characters in Jane Austen novels and real-life celebrities of the time. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL In Matters of Fact in Jane Austen: History, Location, and Celebrity, Janine Barchas makes the bold assertion that Jane Austen’s novels allude to actual high-profile politicians and contemporary celebrities as well as to famous historical figures and landed estates. Barchas is the first scholar to conduct extensive research into the names and locations in Austen’s fiction by taking full advantage of the explosion of archival materials now available online. According to Barchas, Austen plays confidently with the tension between truth and invention that characterizes the realist novel. Of course, the argument that Austen deployed famous names presupposes an active celebrity culture during the Regency, a phenomenon recently accepted by scholars. The names Austen plucks from history for her protagonists (Dashwood, Wentworth, Woodhouse, Tilney, Fitzwilliam, and many more) were immensely famous in her day. She seems to bank upon this familiarity for interpretive effect, often upending associations with comic intent. Barchas re-situates Austen’s work closer to the historical novels of her contemporary Sir Walter Scott and away from the domestic and biographical perspectives that until recently have dominated Austen studies. This forward-thinking and revealing investigation offers scholars and ardent fans of Jane Austen a wealth of historical facts, while shedding an interpretive light on a new aspect of the beloved writer's work.