Jane Austen and Lord Byron are often presented as opposites, but here they are together at last. In Regency England he was the first celebrity author while she was a parson's daughter writing anonymously. This book explores how their lives, interests, work and sense of humour often brought them within touching distance, and sets them side by side in the world of the Regency and Romantic period. Using some little-known sources and new research, it illustrates how they were distantly related by marriage; how they knew about each other even though they probably never met; the acquaintances they had in common and how their literary work often came close in subject-matter, approach, technique and tone. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, this book will inform and delight scholars and Austen and Byron fans alike, showing that these two great authors were closer than you might think, even in their own day.

The first to examine the curious and often overlooked ways in which the lives, interests, work and sense of humour of two of Britain's most celebrated writers - Jane Austen and Lord Byron - often intersected, this book shows that these two great authors were closer than you might think, even in their own day.

About the Author
Christine Kenyon Jones is a Research Fellow at King's College London, UK.

Reviews
Christine Kenyon Jones's illuminating book brings us into touching distance with Jane Austen and Lord Byron as she explores their lives, their writing, and the ways they shadowed each other through the Regency world that helped shape them. -- Professor Emerita Susan Allen Ford, Delta State University, USA and Editor, Persuasions and Persuasions On-Line



Book Information
ISBN 9781350381391
Author Christine Kenyon Jones
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC