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Searching for Jane Austen,Used
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Searching for Jane Austen demolishes with wit and vivacity the oftenheld view of 'Jane,' a decorous maiden aunt writing her small drawingroom stories of teas and balls. Emily Auerbach presents a different Jane Austena brilliant writer who, despite the obstacles facing women of her time, worked seriously on improving her craft and became one of the worlds greatest novelists, a master of wit, irony, and character development.In this beautifully illustrated and lively work, Auerbach surveys two centuries of editing, censoring, and distorting Austens life and writings. Auerbach samples Austens flamboyant, risqu adolescent works featuring heroines who get drunk, lie, steal, raise armies, and throw rivals out of windows. She demonstrates that Austen constantly tested and improved her skills by setting herself a new challenge in each of her six novels.In addition, Auerbach considers Austens final irreverent writings, discusses her tragic death at the age of fortyone, and ferrets out ridiculous modern adaptations and illustrations, including ads, cartoons, book jackets, newspaper articles, plays, and films from our own time. An appendix reprints a groundbreaking article that introduced Mark Twains 'Jane Austen,' an unfinished and unforgettable essay in which Twain and Austen enter into mortal combat.
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