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Jane Austen at home : a biography

Worsley, Lucy. (Author).

On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a trip back to her world and the many places she lived as historian Lucy Worsley visits Austen's childhood home, her schools, her holiday accommodations, the houses - both grand and small - of the relations upon whom she was dependent, and the home she shared with her mother and sister towards the end of her life. In places like Steventon Parsonage, Godmersham Park, Chawton House and a small rented house in Winchester, Worsley discovers a Jane Austen very different from the one who famously lived a 'life without incident'. Worsley examines the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the varying ways in which homes are used in her novels as both places of pleasure and as prisons. She shows readers a passionate Jane Austen who fought for her freedom, a woman who had at least five marriage prospects, but - in the end - a woman who refused to settle for anything less than Mr. Darcy. Illustrated with two sections of color plates, Lucy Worsley's Jane Austen at Home is a richly entertaining and illuminating new book about one of the world's favorite novelists and one of the subjects she returned to over and over in her unforgettable novels: home.

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  • ISBN: 9781250131607
  • Physical Description 387 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Jane Austen at Home : A Biography
Jane Austen at Home : A Biography
by Worsley, Lucy
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Jane Austen at Home : A Biography

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Introduction: Jane Austen at Homep. 1
Act 1A Sunny Morning at the Rectory
1    To Steventonp. 7
2    Enter Janep. 20
3    Boysp. 28
4    A Little Learningp. 41
5    The Abbey Schoolp. 49
6    The Freindship of Womenp. 55
7    The Warsp. 70
8    Cassandra's Romancep. 77
9    Youth and Beautyp. 84
10    Novelsp. 101
11    'My Irish friend'p. 109
12    First Impressionsp. 120
13    Godmersham Parkp. 124
14    Away from Homep. 133
15    Homelessp. 146
Act 2A Sojourner in a Strange Land
16    Bathp. 153
17    The Seap. 165
18    Manydown Parkp. 171
19    Susanp. 179
20    'Wild to see Lyme'p. 186
21    Green Park Buildings Eastp. 192
22    A House Fit for a Heroinep. 204
23    Castle Squarep. 214
Act 3A Real Home
24    Chawton Cottagep. 231
25    Published!p. 243
26    Pride and Prejudicep. 250
27    The Great Housep. 259
28    The Diversions of Young Ladiesp. 268
29    Parading about Londonp. 277
30    Carlton Housep. 284
Act 4The End, and After
31    Disastersp. 291
32    A Poor Honeyp. 297
33    Unfinished Businessp. 304
34    College Streetp. 311
35    A Final Homep. 316
36    'Was there anything particular about that lady?'p. 322
Epilogue: What happened to Jane's homes?p. 327
Acknowledgementsp. 329
Sourcesp. 331
Bibliographyp. 333
Notesp. 341
Indexp. 375
Picture Acknowledgementsp. 387