{"product_id":"9780007358342","title":"The Real Jane Austen : A Life in Small Things","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Byrne, Paula \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEnglish\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 January 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e193 x 155 x 26 | 378g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It is good to meet the real Jane Austen at last’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Independent on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Brilliantly illuminating … by focusing, chapter by chapter, on one thread or another of Austen’s experience, Byrne allows us to grasp the richness of her inner life’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Who was the real Jane Austen? A retiring spinster content with quiet village life? Or a strong-minded woman who chose to remain unmarried and to fashion herself as a professional writer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Bestselling biographer Paula Byrne uses objects that conjure up a key moment in Austen’s life and work – a vellum notebook, a topaz cross, a writing box and a bathing machine – to reveal the true self of this most beloved author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Sparklingly multi-faceted, catching the light in intriguing ways … Byrne’s Jane is far less likely to go for a quiet walk in the garden than she is to be whisked into town in search of a velvet cushion'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mail on Sunday\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55685007999351,"sku":"9780007358342","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780007358342.jpg?v=1756399267","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780007358342","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}