{"product_id":"jane-austens-remarkable-aunt-philadelphia-hancock-a-girl-of-genius-and-feeling","title":"Jane Austen's Remarkable Aunt, Philadelphia Hancock: 'a Girl Of Genius And Feeling'","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eJane Austen’s Remarkable Aunt, Philadelphia Hancock: ‘A Girl of Genius and Feeling’ by Jan Merriman is a richly researched literary biography that opens a fresh window onto the Austen family and the lived realities of eighteenth-century women. It begins with “aunt Phila” as the young Jane’s inspiration for Cecilia Wynne in *Catharine or the Bower*, then follows Philadelphia’s own path with close attention to the choices an orphan could—and couldn’t—make.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAfter a millinery apprenticeship in London, Philadelphia takes the rare gamble of travel to India and an arranged marriage, stepping into the vivid world of the Honourable East India Company. Merriman traces the social circles, encounters and pressures that shaped Philadelphia’s search for security and respectability, while also illuminating the broader Regency-era context and the often-overlooked influence of Philadelphia’s daughter, Eliza.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003ePerfect for Jane Austen fans, Georgian history readers and anyone drawn to women’s history and colonial India. Browse it today and discover the Austen story from an intriguing new angle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51871418024212,"sku":"9781036111854","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9781036111854_1.jpg?v=1768446427","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/jane-austens-remarkable-aunt-philadelphia-hancock-a-girl-of-genius-and-feeling","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}