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  A Fine Brush on Ivory: An Appreciation of Jane Austen (Paperback) By (author) Richard Jenkyns

  

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  Short Description for A Fine Brush on IvoryJane Austen was both a very good storyteller and a great novelist. How did she do it? This study delights in Austen's craft, wit, and pathos. It explores the development of her style, storytelling, and characterization, her technical prowess, and her place in comparison with her contemporaries, with a grace and wit worthy of the subject herself.
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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Published: 15 February 2007
  • Format: Paperback 232 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900 | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers | Cultural Studies | Gender Studies: Women
  • ISBN 13: 9780199210992 ISBN 10: 0199210993
  • Sales rank: 849,679

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• What is it about Jane Austen's writing that brings such pleasure? There are good, even great novelists who are not good storytellers, and there are highly gifted storytellers who write thoroughly bad books. Jane Austen was both a very good storyteller and a great novelist. How did she do it? Richard Jenkyns's sparkling study delights in Austen's craft, wit, and pathos. His deep reading of the novels illuminates the subtlety, depth, and innovation that lie within them. He explores the development of her style, storytelling, and characterization, her technical prowess, and her place in comparison with her contemporaries, with a grace and wit worthy of the subject herself. All who read this book will come away with their admiration for Austen deepened, and their pleasure in her work enhanced.