Jane Austen
Subtitle: the woman : some biographical insights
By: George Holbert Tucker ; foreword by John McAleer.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: By focusing on the woman rather than the author, Tucker paints a new and welcome portrait of Jane Austen: not the spinster recluse of previous biographies, but a vibrant, well-traveled woman who was very much a part of the world in which she lived. Tucker's goal is not to tell us more about Austen's writing but to tell her personal history - her environment, her friendships, her romantic attachments.

The product of over fifty years of research, Jane Austen the Woman presents previously unpublished biographical material - including some from Austen's collateral descendants - that has hitherto gone undetected by a legion of Austen sleuths. George Holbert Tucker has written a highly readable, enjoyable book that will delight both Austen fans and those who are discovering her for the first time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-250) and index.