Patchwork : a graphic biography of Jane Austen / [Kate Evans].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Kate, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817--Comic books, strips, etc.

Austen, Jane.

Novelists, English--19th century--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.

Novelists, English.

Women novelists, English--19th century--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.

Women novelists, English.

England--Social life and customs--19th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

England.

Great Britain--History--Regency, 1811-1820--Comic books, strips, etc.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Comics (Graphic works)

Physical Description:

228 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Graphic biography of Jane Austen

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Verso, the imprint of New Left Books, 2025.

Summary:

"In her later years, Jane Austen made a patchwork quilt. She folded thousands of tiny scraps of fabric over diamond-shaped slips of paper and painstakingly stitched them together. Kate Evans employs these slivers of cloth to illustrate Jane Austen's life story. Evans teases apart the threads that connect Austen's beloved novels, the events of her life, and the fabric of society in Regency England. Patchwork is a major new work of graphic biography. Kate Evans has an unparalleled ability to marry drama, comedy, and historically immersive detail, bringing Austen's story to life with fluid, dynamic artwork, at times embroi­dered onto cloth itself. The author's love for Austen shines throughout. Her incredible eye for historical detail--panes of glass, bits of lace, hedgelaying styles, the cut of a coat or the architecture of a Hampshire cottage--creates a captivating vision of Jane Austen's world"-- Amazon.com.

Contents:

The fabrics

Interlude

The papers.

Notes:

"The following is a fictional account of factual events"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227).

ISBN:

9781804296226

1804296228

OCLC:

1458613055