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The manuscripts that survive from Jane Austen's maturity offer a unique insight into her life as a creative writer. This volume collects together all the literary manuscripts from Austen's adult years (with the exception of the cancelled chapters of Persuasion, in this edition printed with the finished novel), together with letters discussing the art of fiction, and her record of responses to her novels. Included here are the novella Lady Susan, the novel fragments of The Watsons and Sanditon, poems and charades, and the comic 'Plan of a Novel'. In an appendix are collected other works ascribed to Austen, including the play Sir Charles Grandison and three prayers. The introduction offers a history of the manuscripts and a full account of the current state of scholarship on them, and the texts are accompanied by explanatory notes and contextual information.

ISBN-13

9781107620407

ISBN-10

1107620406

Weight

2.40 Pounds

Dimensions

5.50 x 1.94 x 8.50 In

List Price

$30.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

874 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

2013-05-30



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