Jane Austen's England

<p>In this book, Maggie Lane reveals the importance of place in Jane Austen's writings and follows her travels throughout Georgian England. Jane Austen strayed far from the confines of her native Hampshire and Bath to find new material for her novels from "Pride and Prejudice" to "Northanger Abbey". With an accurate eye she sketched acute, witty studies of society in Lyme Regis and Bristol, Devizes and Southampton, Brighton and Winchester. This illustrated text summons the beauties of the English landscape, recreating the distinctive backdrop for some of the finest novels in English literature.</p>

Literature & Fiction

MAGGIE LANE

History & Criticism

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

In this original and perceptive study Maggie Lane reveals the importance of place in Jane Austen's novels and follows the writer's travels throughout Georgian England. Far from being confined to her native Hampshire and Bath, as is often thought, Jane Austen travelled in fourteen counties, knew three cities intimately and explored many stretches of the English coastline. Brighton and Bristol, Lyme Regis and London, Portsmouth and Southampton, Oxford and Canterbury - these and several other towns provided the stimulus for the acute, witty studies of society which fill Jane Austen's novels, from "Pride and Prejudice" to "Persuasion". At a time when England was particularly beautiful, following enclosure and the spread of Georgian architecture, Jane Austen also recorded faithful, revealing images of the countryside, inspired by the preoccupation, universal among the English gentry, with the landscape, 'improvements' and 'picturesque' beauty. Travelling with Jane Austen county by county, this book examines her response both to what she saw and to what she read, and how this manifests itself in her writings. Maggie Lane's incisive text, elegantly illustrated with numerous contemporary engravings, superbly recreates the distinctive backdrop for some of the finest novels in English literature.

British & Irish

Robert Hale, Ltd.

Thomas Hardy Quiz & Puzzle Book

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Abson Books London

A city of palaces: Bath through the eyes of Fanny Burney

Reference

Genealogy

Millstream Books

Jane Austen and Lyme Regis

Biographies & Memoirs

The JA Society, Great Britain

Jane Austen in Lyme

Jane Austen Society

Mouse is doing his best to stay out of trouble. Cat is doing her best to land herself in it. They've both had it pretty tough so when they meet by chance they thank their lucky stars. Weird and wonderful things happen when they're together - but how long can it last? Because everyone has their secrets - and there can be only one winner in a game of cat and mouse. Can't there?

Lucky Star

Arts & Literature

Ted Smart

<p>This work provides a comprehensive historical and social examination of the period Jane Austen wrote in - a time when England was developing into a colonial power, while George III sank into madness and the Regency took hold. Elsewhere, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars raged and the New World was finding its feet. Subjects covered include: the fashions, architecture, customs, traditions and pastimes of the era. Maggie Lane is the author of "Jane Austen and Food", "A Charming Place: Bath in the Life and Novels of Jane Austen", "Jane Austen's England", "Jane Austen's Family" and "The Jane Austen Quiz and Puzzle Book".</p>

Jane Austen's World: The Life and Times of England's Most Popular Author

Carlton Books

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