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A title that involves us so deeply that Austen's final illness and death come almost as a personal tragedy to the reader. It presents Austen as remarkably clever; sensitive, but sentimental; tough, yet observant; guarded; and a woman with the devil of a genius in her.

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As near perfect a Life of Austen as we are likely to get: intelligent, feeling, suggestive -- Carmen Callil * Daily Telegraph *
A book that radiates intelligence, wit and insight -- Michiko Kakutani * New York Times *
A perfect biography: detailed, witty, warm -- Dirk Bogarde * Sunday Telegraph *
Claire Tomalin is the finest and most disinterested of biographers, because in her pages she has given Jane Austen her liberty -- Hilary Mantel * New York Review of Books *

Jane Austen

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    A Paperback / softback by Claire Tomalin

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 21/06/2012
      ISBN13: 9780241963272, 978-0241963272
      ISBN10: 0241963273
      Also in:
      Non Fiction ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A title that involves us so deeply that Austen's final illness and death come almost as a personal tragedy to the reader. It presents Austen as remarkably clever; sensitive, but sentimental; tough, yet observant; guarded; and a woman with the devil of a genius in her.

      Trade Review
      As near perfect a Life of Austen as we are likely to get: intelligent, feeling, suggestive -- Carmen Callil * Daily Telegraph *
      A book that radiates intelligence, wit and insight -- Michiko Kakutani * New York Times *
      A perfect biography: detailed, witty, warm -- Dirk Bogarde * Sunday Telegraph *
      Claire Tomalin is the finest and most disinterested of biographers, because in her pages she has given Jane Austen her liberty -- Hilary Mantel * New York Review of Books *

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