Jane Austen's England: A Walking Guide

ISBN-13: 9781788310024 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 192 str.

Anne-Marie Edwards

Opis

This is an engaging account of Austen's life and work, arranged as a series of walking tours through the towns and countryside she knew and loved - the settings for her novels.

Spis treści

IllustrationsAcknowledgements A Note on the Routes Calendar Introduction 1. Steventon - Home and Family 2. Steventon - Visiting Friends and Seeing'The Neighbourhood' 3. In the Hampshire Highlands - Staying with theLloyds at Ibthorpe 4. With Edward in Kent - Goodnestone and Rowling 5. Godmersham 6. Jane Visits Bath 7. Residence in Bath 8. Holidays in Devon 9. Lyme Regis - 'Summers by the Sea' 10. Southampton - Jane and the Navy 11. 'Our Chawton Home' 12. Walking to Alton, Wyards Farm and Chawton Park 13. Great Bookham and an 'Exploring Party' to Box Hill 14. Jane in London 15. Winchester - Jane's Last Journey Walking in England Book List

O autorze

Anne-Marie Edwards is the author of over 40 travel guides to the English countryside. She contributed to the The Jane Austen Companion and Walker's Britain. Edwards originally broadcast most of these walks on the BBC. She is a member ofthe Ramblers Association, the Backpackers Club, The British Shakespeare Association and the Jane Austen Society.