The Worlds of Jane Austen

This book takes a fresh look at Jane Austen's life, inspirations and legacy, drawing on the latest research in an accessible and lively format. Including a range of photographs, artworks and illustrations, this book provides fascinating insight to Jane Austen for those both familiar with and just encountering her work.

About the author

Helena Kelly holds a doctorate in English Literature from Oxford, where she has also taught from time to time and where she is about to return for a visiting scholarship at the Oxford Centre for Life Writing at Wolfson College.
She is the author of The Life and Lies of Charles Dickens (November 2023), already praised by Kirkus Reviews as ‘a literary bio that deftly untangles truth from untruth’, and of Jane Austen, the Secret Radical (2016), hailed as ‘a sublime piece of literary detective work’ (The Observer) and ‘an interpretive coup that is dazzling and dizzying’ (The New Yorker).

Summary

Explore the extraordinary life of Jane Austen in this fresh and engaging guide that reveals the real woman behind the beloved novels. Featuring expert insight, new research and over 150 photographs and illustrations, this is an essential companion for long-time admirers and first-time readers alike.

Product details

• Authors: Helena Kelly, Kelly Helena
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 25.09.2025
• EAN: 9781836004189
• ISBN: 978-1-83600-418-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 750 g
• Illustrations: 150 illustrations
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography, Literature and Literary studies