Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility
Editorial SANDSTONE PRESS LTD
Mainland Spain
- Publisher SANDSTONE PRESS LTD
- ISBN13 9781910985779
- ISBN10 1910985775
- Type Book
- Pages 352
- Published 2017
- Language English
Sections
Literary TheoryJane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility
Editorial SANDSTONE PRESS LTD
Mainland Spain
Book Details
Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth were born just four years apart, in the 1770s, in a world torn between heady revolutionary ideas and fierce conservatism, and both were influenced by the Romantic ideals of Dorothy's brother, William Wordsworth, and his friends. Jane and Dorothy compares their upbringing and education, home lives and loves and, above all, their emotional and creative worlds. Original insights include a new discovery of serious depression suffered by Dorothy Wordsworth, a new and crucial discovery about Dorothy and William's relationship, and a critical look at the myths surrounding the man who stole Jane's heart. This is the first time these two lives have been examined together.
Marian Veevers lives in the Lake District, just five miles from Grasmere, and works for The Wordsworth Trust. As Anna Dean she is the author of the Dido Kent series which is set in Bath and Hampshire in the era of Jane and Dorothy.