false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170368808m/50376.jpg 50376 10 The author of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, <i>Persuasion</i>, and other comedies of manners gets a biography similar in tone to her own books: intelligent but not intellectual, witty without being nasty. Claire Tomalin, author of four previous biographies of notable British women, treats Jane Austen (1775-1817) with the respect her genius deserves. Tomalin eschews gossip and speculation in favor of a sober account of the writer's life that nonetheless sparkles with sly humor. Perceptive analyses of each of Austen's novels, with autobiographical links suggested but never insisted upon, add to the value of <i>Jane Austen: A Life</i>. 2231395 book 1997 Jane Austen: A Life total:389|5:91|4:184|3:96|2:16|1:2| 389 1513 698 85 4 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 19:48:10 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 15:06:47 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 12 09:23:05 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 11:21:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Apr 16 13:47:31 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 13:47:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Nov 04 10:16:45 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 10:34:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Feb 05 20:52:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 21:04:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 10 01:54:36 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 02:47:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 4 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 14:15:55 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 18:20:47 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 19:30:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 00:47:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 21 14:10:30 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:35:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 20:25:12 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 15:13:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 11:34:43 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 11:07:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 12:14:01 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:18:50 -0800 2009
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