Letters of Jane Austen
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Letters of Jane Austen
（Cambridge library collection, . Literary studies）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Richard Bentley & Son , 1884
"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108003391
Description
The son of Jane Austen's 'favourite niece' Fanny Knight, Lord Brabourne, had inherited a large number of letters from Austen including some to her sister Cassandra and others to members of the Knight family. The Letters of Jane Austen (1884) publishes these letters for the first time, and sets them in a family context drawn from the reminiscences of those who knew Austen personally. This first of two volumes begins with a biographical essay and then includes letters from 1796, when Austen was a young woman of twenty preoccupied with social events and the courtship of her friends, to 1807, which found her in lodging with her mother and sister in Southampton, much sobered by the recent death of her father. Her topics are often domestic ('You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me') and her wit is evident throughout.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Godmersham and Goodnestone
- 2. Austens and Knights
- 3. Steventon and Chawton, Winchester
- 4. The novels
- 5. The novels
- Letters.
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108003407
Description
The son of Jane Austen's 'favourite niece' Fanny Knight, Lord Brabourne, had inherited a large number of letters from Jane Austen including some to her sister Cassandra and others to members of the Knight family. The Letters of Jane Austen (1884) publishes these letters for the first time, and sets them in a family context drawn from the reminiscences of those who knew Austen personally. This second of two volumes presents a series of letters written between 1808 and her death in 1817, that is, mostly in the years she was settled at Chawton in Hampshire; in addition Brabourne includes a little group of poems, and other family documents. The letters cover the years of her career as a published author, and include many fascinating comments about her own and others' writings, as well as observations about the world around her.
Table of Contents
- Letters (continued)
- Letters from Miss Cassandra Austen to her niece Miss Knight
- Verses enclosed in one of the letters of 1807
- Appendices.
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