Jane Austen Volume the First

Jane Austen; Kathryn Sutherland

ISBN 10: 1851242813 / ISBN 13: 9781851242818

Published by Bodleian Library, 2015

About this Item

Near fine. Slight rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Some evidence of erased pencil marks on title pages. Introduction by Kathryn Sutherland, Professor of Bibliography and Textual Criticism, University of Oxford. iv, 180 pp. pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jane Austen Volume the First
• Publisher: Bodleian Library
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851242813
• ISBN 13: 9781851242818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Jane Austen collected her childhood writings into three manuscript notebooks, both as a record of her earliest work and for the convenience of reading aloud to her family and friends. Volume the First (as she entitled it) contains fourteen pieces - literary skits and family jokes - dating from about 1787, when she was eleven, to 1793. Amusing in themselves, they give us a direct picture of the lively literary and family milieu in which the novelist's juvenilia was formed. This new edtion carries a Foreword by Lord David Cecil, a former president of the Jane Austen Society and Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. There is also a Publisher's Preface by Brian Southam, author of Jane Austen's Literary Manuscripts and other works on Jane Austen.

Review

'A rare insight into the real mind of a novelist whose reputation has been so carefully shaped by her family.' -- Anna Creer * The Sydney Morning Herald * `This is exquisite ... Who could resist?' * Jane Austen's Regency World *