{"product_id":"9781855147010","title":"Jane Austen and Her World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlthough she joked to her sister Cassandra, in a letter of 1813, “I do not despair of having my picture in the Exhibition at last—all white \u0026amp; red, with my Head on one Side,” Jane Austen (1775–1817) avoided the limelight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unmarried younger daughter of a country vicar, she published her novels anonymously. When she died, aged only 41—having earned less than £700 from her writing—her name was still almost unknown to the world at large. That two centuries after her death she should be one of the best-known and best-loved authors in the English language is one of history’s greater ironies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into three main sections, this book opens with Jane’s early years at Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, before tracing her creatively challenging time in Bath prior to settling at Chawton Cottage a decade later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final section examines Jane’s emergence as a professional author, with the publication in 1811 of \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e and subsequent modest but growing success with \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e (1813), \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e (1814) and \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e (1815), before her untimely death in 1817, which left \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e (both 1817) to be published posthumously—revealing, at last, her name to the public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Portrait Gallery Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039328682224,"sku":"9781855147010","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781855147010_p0.jpg?v=1769894833","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781855147010","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}