Later Manuscripts

Hardback

Main Details

Title Later Manuscripts
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jane Austen
Edited by Janet Todd
Edited by Linda Bree
SeriesThe Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:874
Dimensions(mm): Height 222,Width 144
Category/GenreProse - non-fiction
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780521843485
ClassificationsDewey:828.709
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 11 December 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Janet Todd is Professor of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen. Linda Bree is Publisher for Literature at Cambridge University Press.

Reviews

'... a fine and meticulous edition ...' News Letter, The Jane Austen Society