What Jane Austen's Characters Read (and Why
Bloomsbury Academic · Paperback · July 11, 2024
The first detailed account of Austen's characters' reading experience to date, this book explores both what her characters read and what their literary choices would have meant to Austen's own readership, both during her life and today.Jane Austen was a voracious and extensive reader, so it's perhaps no surprise that many of her characters are also readers-from Mr.
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- Who it’s for
- Austen's novels reveal what characters read and what those choices meant.
- Genres
- Books & Reading, Georgian Britain (1714-1837), Women Authors Criticism
- Published
- Bloomsbury Academic, July 11, 2024
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The first detailed account of Austen's characters' reading experience to date, this book explores both what her characters read and what their literary choices would have meant to Austen's own readership, both during her life and today.Jane Austen was a voracious and extensive reader, so it's perhaps no surprise that many of her characters are also readers-from Mr. Collins inPride and Prejudiceto Fanny Price inMansfield Park.
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Beginning by looking at Austen's own reading as well as her interest in readers' responses to her work, the book then focuses on each of her novels, looking at the particulars of her characters' reading and unpacking the multiple (and often surprising) ways in which what they read informs our reading. WhatJane Austen's Characters Read (and Why)uses Austen's own love of reading to invite us to rethink the ways in which she imagined her characters and their lives beyond the novels.
Austen’s Reading Lives
Austen's novels reveal what characters read and what those choices meant.
Come here for
- Austen’s own reading and her interest in readers’ responses
- Each novel’s characters and their particular reading choices
Expect
- What those choices meant to Austen’s readership, then and today
- Ways literary choices inform how we read Austen’s novels
Where it sits
| Women Authors Criticism | 38% |
|---|---|
| Books & Reading | 35% |
| Georgian Britain (1714-1837) | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Creative Writing
- Authors
- Susan Allen Ford
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Published
- July 11, 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Creative Writing