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Deirdre Le(Ed) Faye - Jane Austen's Letters - 9780198704492 - V9780198704492
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Jane Austen's Letters

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Description for Jane Austen's Letters Paperback. .
Jane Austen's letters afford a unique insight into the daily life of the novelist: intimate and gossipy, observant and informative, they bring alive her family and friends, her surroundings and contemporary events with a freshness unparalleled in biography. Above all we recognize the unmistakable voice of the author of Pride and Prejudice, witty and amusing as she describes the social life of town and country, thoughtful and constructive when writing about the business of literary composition. R. W. Chapman's ground-breaking edition of the collected Letters first appeared in 1932, and a second edition followed twenty ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
694
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198704492
SKU
V9780198704492
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About Deirdre Le(Ed) Faye
Deirdre Le Faye is now retired and lives in North Somerset; prior to retirement she worked for many years in the Department of Medieval & Later Antiquities at the British Museum. She started researching the life and times of Jane Austen and her family in the 1970s, and since then has written several books about them, the latest being A ... Read more

Reviews for Jane Austen's Letters
For someone fairly new to Austen studies, who knows the novels and even the minor works but who is yet to immerse themselves in these tender, touching, entertaining products of their author's mind, there could be no better gift.
The Newsletter of the Jane Austen Society, no. 38
[a] landmark collection ... Le Faye's work combines a meticulous ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Jane Austen's Letters


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