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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
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Great Britain -- History -- Humor.
Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Two histories of Eng...
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Two histories of England / by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens ; introduced by David Starkey.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
New York : Ecco, c2006.
Subjects
Great Britain -- History -- Humor.
Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9780061351952
0061351954
Description:
xxix, 157 p. ; 20 cm.
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1st U.S. ed.
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"History of England..." is an (20 p.) historical satire produced by 16-year-old Jane Austen. It is a spoof on the history of the British monarchy from 1399 to 1649. What you find are brief, opinionated pieces, ranging from two sentences on Edward V who "lived so little a while that nobody had time to draw his picture" to 19 sentences on Elizabeth, of whom "It was the peculiar misfortune . . . to have had bad ministers --since wicked as she herself was, she could not have committed such extensive mischief, had not these vile & abandoned men connived at, and encouraged her in her crimes. Charles Dicken's "A child's history of England" was originally intended as a study-piece for his children. With it's flamboyant narrative it served as an unconventional counter text to the more straitlaced historical canon of his times.
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Mililani Public Library
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823.7 Au
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