{"product_id":"the-real-jane-austen-paula-byrne-9780061999109","title":"The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A vivacious portrait. . . . Byrne's Austen emerges as a worldly woman, profoundly enmeshed in a wider world than she's often acknowledged to occupy. This is an Austen with a sense for the political as well as for the finer points of sensibility--and one who will be unfamiliar (though never unrecognizable) to many readers.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Real Jane Austen\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed literary biographer Paula Byrne provides the most intimate and revealing portrait yet of a beloved but complex novelist.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as letters and tokens in Jane Austen's novels often signal key turning points in the narrative, Byrne explores the small things - a scrap of paper, a gold chain, an ivory miniature - that held significance in Austen's personal and creative life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eByrne transports us to different worlds, from the East Indies to revolutionary Paris, and to different events, from a high society scandal to a case of petty shoplifting. In this ground-breaking biography, Austen is set on a wider stage than ever before, revealing a well-traveled and politically aware writer - important aspects of her artistic development that have long been overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Real Jane Austen \u003c\/em\u003eis a fresh, compelling, and surprising biography of the author of some of our most enduring classic books - from \u003cem\u003ePride and Prejudice \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eSense and Sensibility, Emma \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/em\u003e - and a vivid evocation of the world that shaped her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paula Byrne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061999105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061999109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.37w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2014 pg. 24","brand":"Paula Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913258139903,"sku":"9780061999109","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e0c0643d-2032-47a9-9174-5352d17ae299.jpg?v=1680617372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-real-jane-austen-paula-byrne-9780061999109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}