[Jenning's guide] tells the story of Austen's life -- weighing the significance of her success as a writer coming in a rush, late in life, most of which has been spent in dependent spinsterhood -- and examines all her much-loved novels, from Sense and Sensibility to Northanger Abbey, adopting the point of view of the interested contemporary reader. With wit and perceptive insights, Jennings teases out the small imperfections in Austen's fiction and reveals how she surmounts these.
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ISBN:9781780330464 (softcover)
Physical Description:print x, 244 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Publisher:Philadelphia :Running Press Book Publishers,2012.