{"product_id":"9780007468188","title":"The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER \u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e‘It is good to meet the real Jane Austen at last’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e'Brilliantly illuminating … by focusing, chapter by chapter, on one thread or another of Austen’s experience, Byrne allows us to grasp the richness of her inner life’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eWho was the real Jane Austen? A retiring spinster content with quiet village life? Or a strong-minded woman who chose to remain unmarried and to fashion herself as a professional writer?\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eBestselling biographer Paula Byrne uses objects that conjure up a key moment in Austen’s life and work – a vellum notebook, a topaz cross, a writing box and a bathing machine – to reveal the true self of this most beloved author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e'Sparklingly multi-faceted, catching the light in intriguing ways … Byrne’s Jane is far less likely to go for a quiet walk in the garden than she is to be whisked into town in search of a velvet cushion' \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Byrne's The Real Jane Austen is a Sunday Times bestselling book that stands as a top autobiography. The bestseller paints a new picture of Austen, revealing her as a woman deeply immersed in her culture, yet fiercely independent and ambitious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Lucy Worsley (Jane Austen at Home), Anne De Courcy (Snowdon), Olivia Laing (The Lonely City), Colm Tóibín (The Master), and Devoney Looser (The Making of Jane Austen).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paula Byrne, Read by Louise Hulland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888987721877,"sku":"9780007468188","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007468188.jpg?v=1776888279","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007468188","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}