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Sanditon (Oxford World's Classics)

Autor Jane Austen

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Sanditon (Oxford World's Classics)
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A terrific introduction by Kathryn Sutherland, Professor of English Literature at St Anne's College, goes further in explaining the rage of the seaside during Austen's life time, but also how it allows Austen here to conjure up a cast of colourful...

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  • Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISBN13 9780198840831
  • ISBN10 0198840837
  • Tipo LIBRO
  • Páginas 128
  • Año de Edición 2019
  • Idioma Inglés
  • Encuadernación Paperback

Sanditon (Oxford World's Classics)

Autor Jane Austen

Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

A terrific introduction by Kathryn Sutherland, Professor of English Literature at St Anne's College, goes further in explaining the rage of the seaside during Austen's life time, but also how it allows Austen here to conjure up a cast of colourful...

6,50€
No disponible, consulte disponibilidad
Envío gratis a partir de 19€
España peninsular

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A terrific introduction by Kathryn Sutherland, Professor of English Literature at St Anne's College, goes further in explaining the rage of the seaside during Austen's life time, but also how it allows Austen here to conjure up a cast of colourful, uncertain characters as tangy as vinegary fish and chips. (Richard Lofthouse, Quad)

'no person could be really well . . . without spending at least six weeks by the sea every year'

In Sanditon, Jane Austen writes what may well be the first seaside novel: a novel, that is, that explores the mysterious and startling transformations that a stay by the sea can work on individuals and relationships. Sanditon is a fictitious place on England's south coast and the obsession of local landowner Mr Thomas Parker. He means to transform this humble fishing village into a fashionable health resort to rival its famous neighbours of Brighton and Eastbourne.

In this, her final, unfinished work, the writer sets aside her familiar subject matter, the country village with its settled community, for the transient and eccentric assortment of people who drift to the new resort, the town built upon sand. If the ground beneath her characters' feet appears less secure, Austen's own vision is opening out. Light and funny, Sanditon is her most experimental and poignant work.