Miss Jane Austen's Guide to Modern Life's Dilemmas

作者 Rebecca Smith著
出版社 Tarcher
出版时间 2012年10月
ISBN 9780399160615
定价 134.40

内容简介

IsthemanI’mdatingMr.Darcyindisguise...orsimplyajerk?It’sbeentwocenturiessinceJaneAustenpennedPride&Prejudiceandhermanyotherclassicnovels,yetheradroitobservationsonthesociallandscapeandprofoundinsightsintohumannatureareasrelevantnowastheywereinhertime.IfonlythoseofusinneedofsomegoodadvicetodayhadtheopportunitytositdownandtapevenafewdropsfromAusten’sgreatreservoirsofwisdom.Well,nowwedo....InMissJaneAusten’sGuidetoModernLife’sDilemmas,RebeccaSmithchannelshergreat-great-great-great-greataunt’ssense—and,ofcourse,hersensibility—tohelpreadersnavigatetheirmostpressingproblems.DrawingonAusten’snovels,letters,andunpublishedwritings,Smithsuppliesreaderswithwiseandwonderfulcounselforlivingwellinthe21stcentury.Frominstructiononhowtogracefully“unfriend”someoneonFacebooktoanswersforsuchtimelessquestionsas“Canamaneverreallychange?”thisbookenablesreaderstonimblynavigatelife’smosttrickyterrainwiththegoodsense,goodmanners,andabundanthumorthatarethemarkofanygreatAustenheroine.Sensible,savvy,andfunny,MissJaneAusten’sGuidetoModernLife’sDilemmascleverlyanswerseveryAustenfan’smostearnestquestion:WhatwouldJanedo?RepletewithlovelyAusten-inspiredcolorillustrations,aswellasquotesfromAusten’svariousnovelstosupporttheadvicegiven,thisbookistheidealgiftfortheJaneAustenfanaticinyourlife.

作者简介

RebeccaSmithisJaneAusten'sgreat-great-great-great-greatnieceandtheauthorofthenonfictionguide,MissJaneAusten'sGuidetoModernLife'sDilemmas,whichisbeingreleasedsimultaneouslyintheUSandtheUK.SheisalsotheauthorofthreenovelsfromBloomsburyUK:TheBluebirdCafé(2001)HappyBirthdayandAllThat(2003)andABitofEarth(2006).SmithstudiedHistoryattheUniversityofSouthamptonandisnowaTeachingFellowinEnglishandCreativeWritingthere.Fromautumn2009untilsummer2010,shewastheWriterinResidenceatJaneAusten'sHouseMuseuminChawton,Hampshire;shecontinuestoworkcloselywiththeMuseum.Herfirstnovelforchildren,ShadowEyes,wasshortlistedforThe2012KelpiesPrize.Sheiscurrentlyworkingonanothernovel.

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