Jane Austen at Home - A Biography

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at the party - or the parsonage.' Antonia Fraser 'A refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity.' Amanda Foreman On the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world. This new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her. It wasn't all country houses and ballrooms, but a life that was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Worsley, Lucy Worsley (
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781473632202
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-3220-2
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Biography: arts & entertainment, c 1500 onwards to present day, Literature: history & criticism, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, Literature: history and criticism