The author corresponds with her imagined niece to convince her to see the value and timeless relevance of literature, just as Jane Austen wrote to her neice.
Presents Jane Austen's first published novel about two sisters of different temperaments whose bad luck in love brings them to a closer understanding of each other, and includes other writings from Austen's time, providing context; modern essays on topics related to the novel; and works of early and modern criticism.
Draws on letters, diaries, essays, travelogues, sermons, notices, and the novels of Jane Austen to explore the people, issues, political atmosphere, and culture of Europe during Austen's life.
authoritative text, backgrounds, and contexts criticism
Austen, Jane
1995
Anne Elliot sent Frederick Wentworth away seven years ago when she was an unhappy girl beset by troubles. Now she regrets it. When he returns, it takes a fortuitous series of accidents before the knots can be untied.
Presents the text of Jane Austen's novel about Miss Fanny Price, the poor relation of a wealthy family who possesses only natural goodness to aid her against a witty and lovely rival as they compete for the man they both love, and includes a selection of contemporary materials on issues addressed in the story, and critical essays.
A collection of critical essays that examine the life and writings of eighteenth-century author Jane Austen, providing a chronology of her life, assessing her six major novels, as well as works not intended for publication, and addressing various aspects of Austen's cultural context.
An illustrated biography of the witty English novelist, with stories of her accomplished family and her times, the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
