


"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal." Compiled by her niece Fanny...
Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends.

Revealing the rich inner life of a literary genius, this large collection of Austen's correspondence offers a unique and intimate glimpse into her daily life, relationships, and creative process. Although on the surface a series of discussions about...

Jane Austen's letters afford a unique insight into the daily life of the novelist: intimate and gossipy, observant and informative, they bring alive her family and friends, her surroundings and contemporary events with a freshness unparalleled in modern biographies. R W Chapman's...

Revealing the rich inner life of a literary genius, this large collection of Austen's correspondence offers a unique and intimate glimpse into her daily life, relationships, and creative process. Although on the surface a series of discussions about...

"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal." Compiled by her niece Fanny...
Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends.

Jane Austen's letters afford a unique insight into the daily life of the novelist: intimate and gossipy, observant and informative--they read much like the novels themselves. They bring alive her family and friends, her surroundings and contemporary events with a freshness unparalleled...

One of England's most popular novelists, Jane Austen wrote about life amid the gentry of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In her fiction, Austen analyzed and satirized her world, particularly the expectations and duties of women in an unequal society. She was also a prolific...





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I have just received yours and Mary's letter, and I thank you both, though their contents might have been more agreeable. I do not at all expect to see you on Tuesday, since matters have fallen out so unpleasantly; and if you are not able to return till after that day, it will...

I have just received yours and Mary's letter, and I thank you both, though their contents might have been more agreeable. I do not at all expect to see you on Tuesday, since matters have fallen out so unpleasantly; and if you are not able to return till after that day, it will...

My dear Cassandra, -I am so good as to write to you again thus speedily, to let you know that I have just heard from Frank. He was at Cadiz, alive and well, on October 19, and had then very lately received a letter from you, written as long ago as when the "London" was at St...

My dear Cassandra, -I am so good as to write to you again thus speedily, to let you know that I have just heard from Frank. He was at Cadiz, alive and well, on October 19, and had then very lately received a letter from you, written as long ago as when the "London" was at St...

My dear Cassandra, -I am so good as to write to you again thus speedily, to let you know that I have just heard from Frank. He was at Cadiz, alive and well, on October 19, and had then very lately received a letter from you, written as long ago as when the "London" was at St...

