Jane Austen the Woman: Some Biographical Insights

by George Holbert Tucker

Overview

By focusing on the woman rather than the author, George Tucker paints a new and welcome picture of Jane Austen: not the spinster recluse of previous biographies, but a vibrant, well-traveled woman who was very much a part of the world in which she lived.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312126889
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/15/1995
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.61(d)

Editorial Reviews

Austen has been depicted in earlier biographies as a shy and reclusive spinster. Tucker argues in this prodigiously researched and heavily footnoted study that Austen was a lively and witty woman who participated fully in the English social life she wrote about.” —Publisher's Weekly

From the Publisher

An appealing portrayal that revises the prevailing view of Austen (1775-1817) as a reclusive spinster, showing her to have been vivacious and witty, a well-traveled woman who was very much a part of the world she lived in. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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