{"product_id":"jane-austen-her-homes-and-her-friends-hardcover","title":"Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConstance Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEllen G. Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a sunny September morning more than a century ago, a horse and buggy bearing two sisters wound its way past green pastures and wooded hills to the narrow streets of a Hampshire village. Constance and Ellen Hill, a pair of passionate admirers of Jane Austen, sat prepared to take the first steps in retracing the life of their idol. This charmingly written and illustrated account of their literary pilgrimage begins in Steventon, Jane Austen's birthplace, and extends to Bath, Lyme, Southampton, London, and elsewhere before concluding at the author's burial place in Winchester Cathedral. Along the way, it offers insights into the connections between the author's experiences and those of the characters in her novels. \u003cbr\u003eConstance and Ellen Hill were given access to manuscripts of Austen's letters, unpublished family memoirs, and notebooks containing the \"Minor Works,\" as well as the loan of family portraits, pictures, and contemporary sketches. Their fascinating glimpse of Austen's world, originally published in 1902, abounds in the same enthusiasm that draws Janeites to the author. \"The more intimate their knowledge of her character becomes,\" the Preface promises readers, \"the more must they admire and love her rare spirit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstance Hill is the author of \u003ci\u003eMary Russell Mitford and Her Surroundings, Maria Edgeworth and Her Circle in the Days of Buonaparte and Bourbon, The Story of the Princess des Ursins in Spain, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Fanny Burney at the Court of Queen Charlotte.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In addition to illustrating \u003ci\u003eJane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends, \u003c\/i\u003e Ellen G. Hill collaborated with her sister Constance in illustrating \u003ci\u003eMary Russell Mitford and Her Surroundings.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735817621567,"sku":"9780486826769","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/448a1a4472f894a19993f84f61edd19e.webp?v=1765144780","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/jane-austen-her-homes-and-her-friends-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}