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Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen
Fay Weldon
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Description for Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen
Paperback. How to be a reader - how to be a writer. All you need to know. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
Alice is an eighteen-year-old student and aspiring novelist with green spiky hair, a child of the modern age who recoils at the idea of reading Jane Austen. In a sequence of letters reminiscent of Jane Austen's to her own neice, 'aunt' Fay examines the rewards of such study. Not only is her correspondence a revealing tribute to a great writer - it is also an original and rewarding exploration of the craft of fiction itself.
Alice is an eighteen-year-old student and aspiring novelist with green spiky hair, a child of the modern age who recoils at the idea of reading Jane Austen. In a sequence of letters reminiscent of Jane Austen's to her own neice, 'aunt' Fay examines the rewards of such study. Not only is her correspondence a revealing tribute to a great writer - it is also an original and rewarding exploration of the craft of fiction itself.
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340589373
SKU
V9780340589373
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About Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon is a well-known novelist, playwright, critic and scriptwriter. Her first novel, A Fat Woman's Joke, was published in 1967 and she has written 37 novels since, including the widely acclaimed and best-selling The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which has been adapted for screen, television and radio. She has also written seven collections of short stories ... Read more
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