Jane Austen: The Complete Works
Austen had many admiring readers who considered themselves part of a literary elite: they viewed their appreciation of Austen's works as a mark of their cultural taste. Philosopher and literary critic George Henry Lewes expressed this viewpoint in a series of enthusiastic articles. This theme...
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Austen had many admiring readers who considered themselves part of a literary elite: they viewed their appreciation of Austen's works as a mark of their cultural taste. Philosopher and literary critic George Henry Lewes expressed this viewpoint in a series of enthusiastic articles. This theme continued later in the century with novelist Henry James, who referred to Austen several times with approval and on one occasion ranked her with Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Henry Fielding as among "the fine painters of life.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B005GRF3QI
Publish date: 2011-08-04
Publisher: Doma Publishing House
Pages no: 2238
Edition language: English
I have rather mixed feelings about the resurgence of Austen's popularity in the 1990s. Selfishly, I rather relished that it was my secret that "classics" of the kind that could be assigned in school could be such a pleasure to read, such a winning blend of social satire, humor and romance. I've read...
Not that I don't already have a million copies of JA works, but I bought this gorgeous set as a birthday present for myself. =D
October '11. A re-read of just "Persuasion"; as wonderful as ever.
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