Jane Austen : a life / David Nokes.

"In his compelling new biography, David Nokes has reexamined Austen's life and presents a picture of her which is less perfect but more full of dangerous excitement."--Inside cover.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nokes, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997.
Edition:First American edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART I: Family secrets
  • PART II: Steventon. Noisy and wild
  • Growing up
  • Partial, prejudiced & ignorant
  • Profligate and shocking
  • I say nothing
  • PART III: Labyrinths. Conspiracy
  • The wrong place
  • Abuse everybody but me
  • PART IV: Chawton. One's own concerns
  • Wild beast
  • A little disguised
  • My own style
  • Pictures of perfection.