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Halperin, John, 1941-2018, author.

The life of Jane Austen / John Halperin.

Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.

©1984

xiii, 399 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Moving beyond the usual sketchy account of Austen's life--and away from the serene and untroubled image of Austen created, in large part, by her family after her death--Halperin reveals a robust, vigorous, and at times difficult woman with a large and diverse circle of family and acquaintances. He documents her troubled relationship with her hypochondriac mother, her frank dislike of a sister-in-law, and shed new light on the shadowy existence of a retarded older brother.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.

Women novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.

Authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-376) and index.

Also issued online.

Preface to the 1996 edition -- Preface -- A partial pedigree of Jane Austen -- Jane Austen's brothers and some of their descendants -- The end, July 1817 -- Steventon, 1775-1787 -- The Juvenilia and beyond, 1787-1795 -- The years of the first "trilogy," 1796-1799: Pride and prejudice, Sense and sensibility, Northanger Abbey -- The treacherous years, 1800-1806 -- The light and the dark, 1807-1810 -- The years of the second "trilogy," 1811-1816: Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion -- Waiting for death, 18161-1817 -- Notes on the pictures.

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