{"product_id":"jane-austen-a-life-paperback","title":"Jane Austen: A Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for the past two hundred years. In \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e, Shields follows this superb and beloved novelist from her early family life in Steventown to her later years in Bath, her broken engagement, and her intense relationship with her sister Cassandra. She reveals both the very private woman and the acclaimed author behind the enduring classics \u003cb\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eEmma\u003c\/b\u003e. With its fascinating insights into the writing process from an award-winning novelist, Carol Shields's magnificent biography of Jane Austen is also a compelling meditation on how great fiction is created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2003) is the author of \u003cb\u003e The Stone Diaries\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Canada's Governor General's Award. Her other novels and short-story collections include \u003cb\u003eThe Republic of Love, Happenstance, Swann, The Orange Fish, Various Miracles, The Box Garden, and Small Ceremonies\u003c\/b\u003e (all available from Penguin).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 7.18 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748305699104,"sku":"9780143035169","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c4155df10adcffa17a8a6eb9cfab7a56.webp?v=1779907793","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/jane-austen-a-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}