Who was the real Jane Austen? A spinster who sat in a vicarage confining her novels to the small canvas of village life? Or a woman who knew the turbulent world around her and who took the bold decision to remain unmarried and fashion herself as a professional writer? In this new biography, bestselling author Paula Byrne (Perdita, Mad World) explores the forces that shaped the interior life of one of Britain’s most beloved novelists.

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