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Jane Austen: A Life

Carol Shields

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With the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for the past two hundred years. In Jane Austen, Shields follows this superb and beloved novelist from her early family life in Steventown to her later years in Bath, her broken engagement, and her intense relationship with her sister Cassandra. She reveals both the very private woman and the acclaimed author behind the enduring classics Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. With its fascinating insights into the writing process from an award-winning novelist, Carol Shields's magnificent biography of Jane Austen is also a compelling meditation on how great fiction is created.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
  • Publish Date: May 31st, 2005
  • Pages: 192
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.18in - 5.12in - 0.52in - 0.31lb
  • EAN: 9780143035169
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: • Literary Figures• Women• Women Authors

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About the Author

Carol Shields (1935-2003) is the author of The Stone Diaries, which won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Canada's Governor General's Award. Her other novels and short-story collections include The Republic of Love, Happenstance, Swann, The Orange Fish, Various Miracles, The Box Garden, and Small Ceremonies (all available from Penguin).

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Guy Gavriel Kay
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2 years

Canadian author. Named to Order of Canada in 2014. 15 novels in 30+ languages. ALL THE SEAS OF THE WORLD now out in paperback. Joined June 2009.

For #InternationalWomensDay may I recommend some writers? Shirley Hazzard, Dorothy Dunnett, Angela Carter, Alice Munro, Wislawa Szymborska, Mary Renault, Louise Glück, Jane Austen (of course), Carol Shields, and a new find, Nancy Lemann. With gratitude.

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📚 EVERY STORY MATTERS. 🏆 The British Book Awards Publisher of the Year 2021. Discover our imprints ➡️ https://t.co/ECYXuq4WxJ

Enjoying the #JaneAusten festival? Why not check out this glorious gem of a biography by Carol Shields - the perfect introduction to a literary legend: https://t.co/FOqDXEfCPP https://t.co/3RHXHWpU8V

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Isabel Hardman
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Assistant Editor @spectator, 📻 R4 Week in Westminster, Times Radio 📚 Fighting for Life,The Natural Health Service, Why We Get the Wrong Politicians

@mariellaf1 @thetimes I recommend this to everyone and shoehorn in different excuses for doing so but I love The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields as it’s just about a life and delights in the writing of the everyday. Is beautiful.

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Praise for this book

[Austen] is a mystery, one that Shields explores with the patience and empathy of a devoted fan. ("The Atlanta Journal-Constitution") Shields provides an insider's view of the writer's world?which is what makes this biography so compelling. ("The Philadelphia Inquirer")

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay
@guygavrielkay
2 years

Canadian author. Named to Order of Canada in 2014. 15 novels in 30+ languages. ALL THE SEAS OF THE WORLD now out in paperback. Joined June 2009.

For #InternationalWomensDay may I recommend some writers? Shirley Hazzard, Dorothy Dunnett, Angela Carter, Alice Munro, Wislawa Szymborska, Mary Renault, Louise Glück, Jane Austen (of course), Carol Shields, and a new find, Nancy Lemann. With gratitude.

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Mentioner image for: Orion Publishing
Orion Publishing
@orionbooks
2 years

📚 EVERY STORY MATTERS. 🏆 The British Book Awards Publisher of the Year 2021. Discover our imprints ➡️ https://t.co/ECYXuq4WxJ

Enjoying the #JaneAusten festival? Why not check out this glorious gem of a biography by Carol Shields - the perfect introduction to a literary legend: https://t.co/FOqDXEfCPP https://t.co/3RHXHWpU8V

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