| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xxix, 157 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
"Jane Austen's The history of England originally written in 1791. Charles Dickens's A child's history of England originally published in 1851-1853"-- T.p. verso. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Contents |
History of England from the reign of Henry the 4th to the death of Charles the 1st / Jane Austen -- Excerpt from A child's history of England / Charles Dickens. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- Humor.
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Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Great Britain -- History.
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England -- Humor.
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| Added Author |
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
History of England.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Child's history of England.
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| Added Title |
2 histories of England |
| ISBN |
9780061351952 |
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0061351954 |
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