A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz

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A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz

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A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz

Before Jane Austen, William Deresiewicz was a very different young man. A sullen and arrogant graduate student, he never thought Austen would have anything to offer him. Then he read Emma--and everything changed.

In this unique and lyrical book, Deresiewicz weaves the misadventures of Austen's characters with his own youthful follies, demonstrating the power of the great novelist's teachings--and how, for Austen, growing up and making mistakes are one and the same. Honest, erudite, and deeply moving, A Jane Austen Education is the story of one man's discovery of the world outside himself.

 

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William Deresiewicz is a Nation contributor and a contributing editor at the New Republic and the American Scholar. He was an associate professor of English at Yale University until 2008, and his book A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter is a bestseller.

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ISBN 13 9780143121251
ISBN 10 0143121251
Title A Jane Austen Education
Author William Deresiewicz
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published 2012-04-24
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.