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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN num: 9780470008294
ISBN number: 0470008296
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: July 31, 2006
Publishing house: For Dummies
Sale Popularity Level: 30553
Studio: For Dummies
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Explains Austen's methods, motivations, and morals
The fun and easy way(r) to understand and enjoy Jane Austen
Want to know more about Jane Austen? This friendly guide gives the scoop on her life, works, and lasting impact on our culture. It chronicles the events of her brief life, examines each of her novels, and looks at why her stories - of women and marriage, class and money, scandal and hypocrisy, emotion and satire - still have meaning for us today.
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* Why Austen is so popular
* The impact on manners, courtships, and dating
* Love and life in Austen's world
* Her life and key influences
* Her most memorable characters
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In my home, if you don't love Jane Austen you just don't fit in. I support my mother who has loved Jane Austen since childhood, having read every one of her novels many, many times. I, myself, have only read them a few times. Not only has my mother read Jane's novels, but also read just about every biography written about her and the letters Jane shared with her sister and other family members. I really thought there was nothing left in the realm of Jane Austen that my mother might enjoy until I saw this book in the library. With a title like "Jane Austen for Dummies" I was a little hesitant. However, as my mother read the book, cross referenced the material with data in the biographies and letters and the re-read the novels I learned that this book was well done and a must have.
For those who are not quite so in to Jane Austen as my mother, let me share with you some of what this book contains. You learn about the do's and don'ts of society in the 1800s. You learn about child rearing and parties and how young ladies behaved in company. After you read this book and then watch one of the Hollywood movies based on a Jane Austen novel you'll shout out loud "She would NEVER do that!". You might even endeavor to read some of Austen's novels with a new understanding of her wit and charm. Even if you don't care for Jane Austen novels, if you enjoy the occasional "historical" novel, read through this book. You'll enjoy it immensely and get a chuckle as you see modern authors subtle mistakes.
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"Jane Austen For Dummies", by Joan Klingel Ray, manages to be a gentle introduction to Jane Austen for those unfamiliar with her work, and a goldmine of interesting information for those already addicted to her novels.
In carefully chosen, sometimes tongue-in-cheek prose, Ray introduces the reader to Miss Jane Austen, the author. We find out why her carefully crafted novels have been such a continuing sucess all these many years. We learn the social manners and customs that underlay her romantic comedies. We discover the harsh realities of the politics of courtship that provide the drama in the lives of Jane Austen's distinctive heroines. At the end of the book, Joan Klingel Ray offers her opinions on the sequel novels and various film adaptations of Jane Austen's work. Although dated 2006, Ray was able to forecast the productions aired on PBS Masterpiece Theater in 2008.
Ray uses the "...For Dummies" format to good effect. The student in a hurry can scan through the principal points, while the Jane Austen fan may wish to linger over some of the trivia and the literary criticism. Although the popular novels "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma" get their due, so do the more complex "Mansfield Park" and the rather abbreviated "Persuasion", written when Austen was already suffering from the disease that killed her. This reviewer thoroughly enjoyed the tour, although he wishes Ray had been a little less harsh on the visually lush but compressed storyline of the 2005 film version of "Pride and Prejudice."
"Jane Austen For Dummies" is very highly recommended as a study guide for high school and college English Lit students, and for Jane Austen fans looking for the subsequent good read.
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This is an awesome book. Everything you ever wanted to know about Jane Austen, her novels and the customs, environment, habits, etc. for the settings of her novels as well as for the setting of her own background is in this book. I practically read it from cover to cover when I very first sat down with it. I had gotten it from my local library, read it, told a friend about it, loaned the library copy to her, bought my own copy. She read it from cover to cover also - couldn't put it down. Fascinating!!
Answers such questions as:
Why were some ladies/'Ladys' referred to by their last name and why were some referred to by their very first name - i.e. Lady Jane or Lady Smitherman (if the lady was a LADY and her name was Jane Smitherman)?
What was the MAIN indicator re: whether a man was wealthy or not?
Lots of information defining each main character of each of her 6 main novels throughout the book.
If you are a Jane Austen aficionado or just want to know more about her and/or her writings - GET THIS BOOK!
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A fantastic, light, accessible, engaging, and easy-to-read guide to Jane Austen, her life, her world, her novels, and her impact on our world. I have read all of Jane's books and some of her biographies, but this book still provided new information for me, explaining things I only had a vague idea about (concerning her characters and the world/manners). Whether traveling through Gregorian England or contemporary England, this book is a real help. My only complaint is that the author does do some interpretation of Jane that I might disagree with (i.e. characters, etc.) without making it clear that it was interpretation. Otherwise, a great read, for both the seasoned reader and the reader just beginning to dabble in Jane. I definitely will be recommending this one to friends. Grade: A-
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Interesting background. More indept than I thought as it included societal and economic restraints
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