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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Worsley, Lucy.     Subjects     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Homes and haunts -- England.     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Family.     Novelists, English -- Homes and haunts -- England.     Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Literary landmarks -- England.     England -- In literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Worsley, Lucy.       by title:      Jane Austen at home ...       by call number:      921 A933w     Search the Web     Worsley, Lucy.     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Homes and haunts -- England.     Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Family.     Novelists, English -- Homes and haunts -- England.     Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.     Literary landmarks -- England.     England -- In literature.       MARC Display

Jane Austen at home / Lucy Worsley. by Worsley, Lucy. St. Martin's Press, 2017. Call #: 921 A933w Subjects Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Homes and haunts -- England.   Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Family.   Novelists, English -- Homes and haunts -- England.   Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.   Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.   Literary landmarks -- England.   England -- In literature. ISBN:  9781250131607 (hc.) Edition:  First U.S. edition. Description:  387 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. Contents:  Jane Austen at home -- Act one: a sunny morning at the rectory. 1. To Steventon ; 2. Enter Jane ; 3. Boys ; 4. A little learning ; 5. The Abbey School ; 6. The friendship of women ; 7. The wars ; 8. Cassandra's romance ; 9. Youth and beauty ; 10. Novels ; 11. 'My Irish friend' ; 12. First impressions ; 13. Godmersham Park ; 14. Away from home ; 15. Homeless -- Act two: a sojourner in a strange land. 16. Bath ; 17. The sea ; 18. Manydown Park ; 19 Susan ; 20. 'Wild to see Lyme' ; 21. Green Park buildings East ; 22. A house fit for a heroine ; 23. Castle Square -- Act three: a real home. 24. Chawton Cottage ; 25. Published! ; 26. Pride and Prejudice ; 27. The great house ; 28. The diversions of young ladies ; 29. Parading about London ; 30. Carlton House -- Act four: the end, and after. 31. Disasters ; 32. A poor honey ; 33. Unfinished business ; 34. College Street ; 35. A final home ; 36. 'Was there anything particular about that lady?' -- Epilogue: what happened to Jane's homes? Summary:  "On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a trip back to her world and the many places she lived as historian Lucy Worsley visits Austen's childhood home, her schools, her holiday accommodations, the houses - both grand and small - of the relations upon whom she was dependent, and the home she shared with her mother and sister towards the end of her life. In places like Steventon Parsonage, Godmersham Park, Chawton House and a small rented house in Winchester, Worsley discovers a Jane Austen very different from the one who famously lived a 'life without incident'. The rooms, spaces and possessions which mattered to her, and the varying ways in which homes are used in her novels as both places of pleasure and as prisons. A passionate Jane Austen who fought for her freedom, a woman who had at least five marriage prospects, but - in the end - a woman who refused to settle for anything less than Mr. Darcy. Illustrated with two sections of color plates, a richly entertaining and illuminating new book about one of the world's favorite novelists and one of the subjects she returned to over and over in her unforgettable novels: home"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 921 A933w Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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