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.

This edition of Jane Austen's surviving manuscripts includes Sanditon, Lady Susan and The Watsons, as well as her poems, prayers and shorter fragments.

About the Author
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



Book Information
ISBN 9780521843485
Author Jane Austen
Format Hardback
Page Count 874
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1100g
Dimensions(mm) 222mm * 144mm * 48mm