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Title:
A Jane Austen education [large print] : how six novels taught me about love, friendship, and the things that really matter
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Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
Detroit : Thorndike Press, c2011.
Physical Description:
347 p. 22 cm.
ISBN:
9781410440266
Abstract:
A self-styled intellectual rebel, William Deresiewicz never thought Jane Austen's novels had anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read Emma as a Columbia graduate student, something extraordinary happened. Austen's devotion to the everyday and her belief in the value of ordinary lives ignited something in him. Viewing the world through her eyes and treating people as generously, his life suddenly acquired the fascination of a novel.
Contents:
Emma: everyday matters -- Pride and prejudice: growing up -- Northanger Abbey: learning to learn -- Mansfield Park: being good -- Persuasion: true friends -- Sense and sensibility: falling in love -- The end of the story.
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Language:
English
