{"product_id":"jane-austen-rise-of-a-genius-9780008225698","title":"Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius","description":"'I relished every page … This is the best book on Jane Austen I have ever read' Spectator'Compelling … a delightful and engrossing book … Byrne's passion is nothing if not persuasive' Sunday TimesWas Jane Austen a woman of prim manners and genteel calm? Or someone who behaved outrageously, filled with sharp wit and wild comedy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking afresh at adaptations of Austen's work - from the BBC's Pride and Prejudice to Emma Thompson's Sense and Sensibility and the wildly successful Clueless - bestselling biographer Paula Byrne presents a bold new portrait of Austen as you've never seen her before.‘A definitive and pioneering study of a wholly neglected aspect of Austen's art' Michael Caines, TLS‘Entertaining and engaging' Literary Review..[Previously published as The Genius of Jane Austen]\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Byrne was born in Birkenhead and has a PhD from the University of Liverpool, where she is a Research Fellow in English Literature. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eJane Austen and the Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e, was shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize. Her second book, \u003cem\u003ePerdita: The Life of Mary Robinson \u003c\/em\u003e, the tale of the scandalous star of the 18th-century stage, literature and high-society, was a Richard and Judy bookclub pick. Her most recent book is \u003cem\u003eMad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead\u003c\/em\u003e. The story of Evelyn Waugh's friendship with the extraordinary aristocratic family who inspired Brideshead Revisited, it was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller. A regular contributor to the 'Times Literary Supplement', she lives in Warwickshire with her two young children and her husband, the critic and biographer Jonathan Bate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paula Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273540988989,"sku":"9780008225698","price":21.24,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/x1000_1e51cf7d-92ce-4631-a19e-7536dca45838.jpg?v=1793667430","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/jane-austen-rise-of-a-genius-9780008225698","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}