Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin

Jane Austen: A Life

Claire Tomalin

341 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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At her death in 1817, Jane Austen left the world six of the most beloved novels written in English--but her shortsighted family destroyed the bulk of her letters; and if she kept any diaries, they did not survive her. Now acclaimed biographer Clai...

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