The Real Jane Austen
- Author Paula Byrne
- Narrator Louise Hulland
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 17 January 2013
- Run Time 11 hours
- Format x-book®
- Genre Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: writers, Biography and non-fiction prose, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘It is good to meet the real Jane Austen at last’ Independent on Sunday
'Brilliantly illuminating … by focusing, chapter by chapter, on one thread or another of Austen’s experience, Byrne allows us to grasp the richness of her inner life’ Guardian
Who was the real Jane Austen? A retiring spinster content with quiet village life? Or a strong-minded woman who chose to remain unmarried and to fashion herself as a professional writer?
Bestselling biographer Paula Byrne uses objects that conjure up a key moment in Austen’s life and work – a vellum notebook, a topaz cross, a writing box and a bathing machine – to reveal the true self of this most beloved author.
'Sparklingly multi-faceted, catching the light in intriguing ways … Byrne’s Jane is far less likely to go for a quiet walk in the garden than she is to be whisked into town in search of a velvet cushion' Mail on Sunday
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