JANE AUSTEN IN 41 OBJECTS (HB)

More than 200 years after Jane Austen’s death at the age of just forty-one, we are still looking for clues about this extraordinary writer’s life. What might we learn from the objects she cherished or cast aside? Among objects described, and illustrated in colour, in this book are a teenage notebook, a muslin shawl, a wallpaper fragment, a tea caddy, the theatrical poster for a play she attended, and the dining-room grate at Chawton Cottage where she lived. Also included are objects that contribute to Jane Austen’s legacy through modern day art and popular culture.