Jane Austen (eBook)

Constance Hill (Autor)

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2018
Dover Publications (Verlag)
9780486834559 (ISBN)

Infos

This charming 1902 account of a literary pilgrimage by two sisters follows in Jane Austen's footsteps, traveling across the English countryside for an intimate glimpse of the author's world.

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On a sunny September morning more than a century ago, a horse and buggy bearing two sisters wound its way past green pastures and wooded hills to the narrow streets of a Hampshire village. Constance and Ellen Hill, a pair of passionate admirers of Jane Austen, sat prepared to take the first steps in retracing the life of their idol. This charmingly written and illustrated account of their literary pilgrimage begins in Steventon, Jane Austen's birthplace, and extends to Bath, Lyme, Southampton, London, and elsewhere before concluding at the author's burial place in Winchester Cathedral. Along the way, it offers insights into the connections between the author's experiences and those of the characters in her novels.   Constance and Ellen Hill were given access to manuscripts of Austen's letters, unpublished family memoirs, and notebooks containing the "e;Minor Works,"e; as well as the loan of family portraits, pictures, and contemporary sketches. Their fascinating glimpse of Austen's world, originally published in 1902, abounds in the same enthusiasm that draws Janeites to the author. "e;The more intimate their knowledge of her character becomes,"e; the Preface promises readers, "e;the more must they admire and love her rare spirit."e;

Autor

Constance Hill is the author of Mary Russell Mitford and Her Surroundings, Maria Edgeworth and Her Circle in the Days of Buonaparte and Bourbon, The Story of the Princess des Ursins in Spain, and Fanny Burney at the Court of Queen Charlotte. In addition to illustrating Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends, Ellen G. Hill collaborated with her sister Constance in illustrating Mary Russell Mitford and Her Surroundings.

Inhalt

I. An Arrival in Austen-Land II. Steventon III. Steventon IV. The Abbey School V. Steventon and the Outer World VI. The County Ball-Room VII. Friends and Neighbours VIII. Scenes of Early Writings IX. Leaving Steventon X. Bath XI. Bath XII. Bath XIII. Lyme XIV. Southampton XV. Stoneleigh Abbey XVI. Settling at Chawton XVII. Chawton XVIII. Godmersham XIX. London XX. Chawton XXI. An Episode in Jane Austen's Life XXII. Last Year at Chawton XXIII. Winchester

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.9.2018
• Illustrationen: Ellen G. Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Schlagworte: a secret sisterhood • Austen • Austen at Home • Austen bicentenary • austen biography • Austen jivelania • Austen juvenalia • Austen juvenilia • Austenopgile • austen pilgrimage • Austen teenage writings • Austen teen writings • austen travel guide • Austen travelogue • Austen waTSONS • authors birthplace • authors burial place • autobiography and biography • bath travel guide • Biography • book club reads • Carol Shields • carol shields austen • claire tomaline • Claire Tomaline Austen • claire tomlin • constance hill • Devoney Looser • engaging • England • english countryside • fiona stafford • Great Britain • Helena Kelley • Helena Kelly • Helen Kelley • Helen Kelly • hill austen • ILLUSTRATED AUSTEN • illustrated Jane Austen • Jane Austen • jane austen a brief life • Jane Austen: A brief Life • Jane Austen a life • jane austen at home • jane austen biography • Jane austen brief life • Jane Austen fan • Jane Austen homage • Jane Austen Radical • jane austen's bath • Jane Austen secret radical • Jane Austen travelogue • Jane Austen travlogue • Jane Autsen travleogue • janeite • Kathryn Sutherland • Literary • Literary Pilgrimage • lucy worsley • Nonfiction • P & P • P&P • P and P • penguin lives austen • Pilgrimage • Pride and Prejuce • Pride and Prejudice • secret sistehood austen • secret sisterhood • shields austen • shields jane austen • shields jane bio • The Making of Jane Austen • the watsons • tomlin Austen • Travel • Travel writing • villages
• ISBN-13: 9780486834559 / 9780486834559