Jane Austen's England

by Maggie Lane

Book Overview

Jane Austen's England is not a guidebook; instead, Maggie Lane explores Austen's encounters with Britain's countryside and towns, from her home in north Hampshire to Oxford to Portsmouth. Lane records... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0709037090
• ISBN13: 9780709037095
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Robert Hale & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Austen's England review

I enjoyed this book very much, as it provided a different kind of background to my reading of five of Jane Austen's novels. It describes the England of Jane Austen's time, particularly the growing fascination with landscapes and the "picturesque" and how these concepts influenced her and fit into her novels; it also covers all the places Austen lived or visited. A worthy read. One needn't read every word or even every chapter (some of the language is a bit flowery), but it's great background to the Austen novels. I'm glad I read it.