Jane's fame how Jane Austen conquered the world
In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Henry Holt and Co.,
2010, c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame. |
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| Item Description: | "A John Macrae book." Originally published: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2009. |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 277 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780805082586 : 0805082581 |
| Author Notes: | Claire Harman is the author of Sylvia Townsend Warner , which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; Fanny Burney , which was short-listed for the Whitbread Prize, and the critically acclaimed Robert Louis Stevenson . Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2006, Harman teaches at the universities of Manchester and Oxford in England and Columbia University in New York City. |
