This is an engaging account of Austen's life and work, arranged as a series of walking tours through the towns and countryside she knew and loved - the settings for her novels. The 15 circular walks in the book describe the country houses, churches, great estates and elegant cities Austen knew and introduce the reader to the real-life people she met, many of whom gave her hints for the characters in her novels. The walks include Godmersham House, the inspiration for Pemberley in Pride and Prejudice and the view from Box Hill, scene of the 'exploring party' in Emma. This remains the only guide to Austen's England.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 128 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-1-78831-002-4 (9781788310024)
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Anne-Marie Edwards (1932-2023) was the author of over 40 travel guides to the English countryside. She contributed to The Jane Austen Companion and Walker's Britain. Edwards originally broadcast most of these walks on the BBC. She was a member of the Ramblers Association, the Backpackers Club, The British Shakespeare Association and the Jane Austen Society.
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Acknowledgements
A Note on the Routes
Calendar
Introduction
1. Steventon - Home and Family
2. Steventon - Visiting Friends and Seeing
'The Neighbourhood'
3. In the Hampshire Highlands - Staying with the
Lloyds at Ibthorpe
4. With Edward in Kent - Goodnestone and Rowling
5. Godmersham
6. Jane Visits Bath
7. Residence in Bath
8. Holidays in Devon
9. Lyme Regis - 'Summers by the Sea'
10. Southampton - Jane and the Navy
11. 'Our Chawton Home'
12. Walking to Alton, Wyards Farm and Chawton Park
13. Great Bookham and an 'Exploring Party' to Box Hill
14. Jane in London
15. Winchester - Jane's Last Journey
Walking in England
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