Jane Austens Journeys

Hazel Jones (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2014
Robert Hale Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7198-0750-3 (ISBN)

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Jane Austen lived in an exciting age for travel. Improvements to roads and carriages meant that more people than ever were taking journeys for pleasure, to view picturesque scenery, to visit a spa town or the seaside, or to stay with distant relations. The Austen family were very much part of this trend, and Jane was familiar with most of the counties of southern England, from Kent in the east to Devon in the west, and as far north as Staffordshire. With one exception, all of her heroines leave home at some point in their story to travel to a different part of the country and, even in Emma, where the heroine remains in her village, other characters travel about in quest of health, amusement or a marriage partner. Hazel Jones provides the context for this rage for travel, drawing on a wide range of archives and contemporary printed material, as well as on Jane Austen's own letters and novels. From maps to inns, from travelling dress to turnpikes, every detail is brought vividly before the reader's eyes.

Hazel Jones has published articles in Sensibilities, the journal of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, and Regency World magazine. The author of two previous books about Jane Austen, Hazel has also lectured to audiences in the UK, Australia, the Netherlands and the USA. Since 1995, she has delivered courses on Jane Austen's life, times, letters and fiction at adult residential centres in England and in 2009 she became a Pride & Prejudice Tours guide. She is currently membership secretary of the South West branch of the Jane Austen Society.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2014
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7198-0750-6 / 0719807506
ISBN-13	978-0-7198-0750-3 / 9780719807503
Zustand	Neuware