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.
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 |
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| 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. |
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