Vintage Jane Austen Book This is Illyria Lady Rambles Friends Constance Pilgrim 1st Ed

VERY GOOD:

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This is Fresh from the Attic in Very Good Vintage Collectable Condition.

Dust Wrapper is present and good but faded.

Text block is firm Pages are bright and clean inside. Some very minimal scattered light foxing to the exterior of the text block.

Generally very good indeed.

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SIZE: Height 22 cms x Width 15 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 129

The author has done painstaking research to enlighten the reader upon the facts and influences of Jane Austen's life, with the people she met and who influenced her, the places she visited covering completely new ground.

Plenty of fascinating anecdotes for the Jane Austen researcher giving a very meaningful insight to how Jane got the inspiration for her fabulous and wittily written novels.

Much of the book is gleaned from thoroughly researching the events and people related to in Jane Austen's correspondences.

A literary tour and must for any passionate Jane Austen Fan. A book that is certain to bring deeper enjoyment to your reading of Pride and Prejudice and the authors other famous novels.

An essential piece of reading for any passionate Jane Austen fan.

ILLUSTRATED: No (Text Only)

Book Contents:
Part I
Life
My Grandmother knew Jane Austen
The Influence of Jane Austen and John Wordsworth on the Poetry of William Wordsworth
How Rare a Bird
A Visit to Northanger Abbey
The Basingstoke Assembly

Part II
Rambles Into Wales a) to Barmouth b) to Tenby
The Walk to Winthrop
To Staffordshire and Derbyshire

Part III
Friends
Anne Sharp,
Governess at Godmersham
The Mysterious Mrs Barrett Frances (nee Talbot)
Lady Boringdon and Later Countess Morley,(and Emma)
Conclusion and Notes

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• Collectable
• First Edition
• Vintage Book

BOOK ERA:

• 1990's Vintage Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

Constance Pilgrim

Married her first husband at the age of 34 a Graduate in Egyptology and scholar of English Literature. He died in 1943 whilst working for Naval Intelligence leaving her a widow with two young children.

Constance determined to continue her studies in English Literature at Oxford, eventually remarrying the Reverend Richard Pilgrim who had been a tutor in English Literature until his Ordination.

Constance juggled the many duties expected of a Vicar's wife during the era while at the same time undertaking this thorough research into Jane Austen's life. Her first book on the subject 'Dear Jane' was published in 1971. After her husband's death in 1979 she went on to publish this book.

Publisher: The Pentland Press Ltd.
Date: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: Yes (Glossy Colour)
ISBN: 1 872795 21 8
SKU: KT2205121001IC

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