Selected letters : 1796-1817
Austen, Jane, 1775-18171985
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Written to her sister and other relatives and friends, this selection of some of Jane Austen's surviving letters gives an introduction to her life and work. The letters provide insights into the social conventions, and record in detail the births, marriages, and deaths, and the family tensions and occasional scandals that inspired her writing.
Main title:
Selected letters : 1796-1817 / Jane Austen ; edited by R.W. Chapman ; with an introduction by Marilyn Butler.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1985.
Collation:
xxviii,226p. ; 20cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1955.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780192814852 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1509499