In the Garden With Jane Austen - Rilegato

Wilson, Kim

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 071122594X ISBN 13: 9780711225947

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

Jane Austen loved a garden. She took a keen interest in flower gardening and kitchen gardening alike. This book strolls through the sorts of gardens that Jane Austen would have known and visited: the gardens of the great estates, cottage gardens, gardens in town, and public gardens and parks. Some of the gardens she owned or knew exist still in some form today; among the gardens highlighted is the restored garden at Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, England, complete with a sample planting plan of the flowers grown there now. The book also includes touring information for gardens featured in film adaptations of the novels. With lush photos, social history, excerpts from the novels, information on her life, and period drawings, this book brings Georgian and Regency gardens and Jane Austen’s world to life. In the Garden with Jane Austen captures the essence and beauty of the traditional English garden. As the heroine of Mansfield Park Fanny Price observes, “To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.”

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This gorgeous book reflects on Jane Austen's interest in kitchen and flower gardening which is documented in her letters and in her novels. With gorgeous photographs the author gives instruction on how to create your own Georgian or Regency garden and is full of fascinating nuggets of information about early cottage and rectory gardens and the plants used in them. --RHS Ireland Journal

Praise for Tea with Jane Austen by Kim Wilson - In this delightful book Kim Wilson ... has assembled a collection of anecdotes, quotations, verses and recipes, charmingly illustrated. --Jane Austen's Regency World

A charming book, full of interesting snippets and comment, expounding on the references to gardens in the Austen novels, and discussing the sort of outdoor scenes Jane would have known... A pretty book which would make a delightful gift. --House and Garden

L'autore:

Kim Wilson is a writer, editor, and gardener who lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and is a longtime member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She is the author of Tea with Jane Austen. Celia Simpson is Head Gardener at Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 071122594X
• ISBN 13: 9780711225947
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 114