4.6
Biografieën
'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party – or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser
'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' Amanda Foreman
On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the world in which our best-loved novelist lived.
This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the way in which home is used in her novels to mean both a place of pleasure and a prison. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, in fact her life was often a painful struggle.
Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.
(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
© 2017 Hodder & Stoughton (Luisterboek): 9781473632523
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 18 mei 2017
4.6
Biografieën
'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party – or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser
'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' Amanda Foreman
On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the world in which our best-loved novelist lived.
This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the way in which home is used in her novels to mean both a place of pleasure and a prison. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, in fact her life was often a painful struggle.
Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.
(P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
© 2017 Hodder & Stoughton (Luisterboek): 9781473632523
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 18 mei 2017
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Celia
22 dec 2022
I loved this. Book
Stéphanie
18 nov 2022
Lucy Worsley's work is always worthwhile! Ruth Redman is a good reader, my only criticism is that it was sometimes unclear that a quote had been inserted into the narration. Quite a few times the sudden first person perspective caught me by surprise. Overall a wonderful insight into J. Austen's private life and her possible thoughts and intentions behind her books.
Kitty
22 apr 2023
Exquisite biography. Very well performed by the author.
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