Jane Austen A Life

by David Nokes (Author)
November 1998
First Edition
Paperback
$36.95
Title Details

Rights: Not available in Brit Comm; Incl.US and Territ CA,PH
Pages: 592
ISBN: 9780520216068
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 8 black-and-white photos.

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About the Book

In this new biography of Jane Austen, David Nokes plays master sleuth and storyteller in presenting the great novelist "not in the modest pose which her family determined for her, but rather, as she most frequently presented herself, as rebellious, satirical, and wild."

About the Author

David Nokes is a Reader in English Literature at King's College, London. He is the author of John Gay: A Profession of Friendship (1995), and Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed (1985).