Jane Austen: A Life (平装)

基本信息出版社:Penguin (Non-Classics) (2005年5月31日)丛书名:Penguin Lives平装:192页正文语种:英语ISBN:0143035169条形码:9780143035169产品尺寸及重量:18 x 12.7 x 2 cm ; 137 gASIN:0143035169

商品描述内容简介With the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for the past two hundred years. InJane Austen, Shields follows this superb and beloved novelist from her early family life in Steventown to her later years in Bath, her broken engagement, and her intense relationship with her sister Cassandra. She reveals both the very private woman and the acclaimed author behind the enduring classicsSense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, andEmma. With its fascinating insights into the writing process from an award– winning novelist, Carol Shields’s magnificent biography of Jane Austen is also a compelling meditation on how great fiction is created.媒体推荐Shields provides an insider’s view of the writer’s world—which is what makes this biography so compelling. --The Philadelphia Inquirer

[Austen] is a mystery, one that Shields explores with the patience and empathy of a devoted fan. --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution