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Later Manuscripts

Part of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen

Real Author: Jane Austen
Editors:
Janet Todd, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge and University of Aberdeen
Linda Bree

Date Published: May 2013
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9781107620407

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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.
- A full scholarly edition of Austen's unpublished works, established from the original manuscripts and accompanied by full scholarly textual and explanatory notes
- Includes every unpublished work known to be by Jane Austen, including the major unfinished narratives, Sanditon and The Watsons
- This volume completes the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen
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'… a fine and meticulous edition …' News Letter, The Jane Austen Society

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Product details
- Date Published: May 2013
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107620407
- length: 874 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 49 mm
- weight: 1.09kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Chronology
Introduction
Note on the text
The Fiction: Lady Susan
The Watsons
Sanditon
Poems and Charades: Poems
Charades
Austen on Fiction: To Mrs. Hunter of Norwich
Letters on Fiction
Plan of a Novel
Opinions of Mansfield Park
Opinions of Emma
Appendices: A. Transcription of The Watsons
B. Transcription of Sanditon
C. Sir Charles Grandison
D. Prayers
E. Family poems
F. Attributed poems
Corrections and emendations
Explanatory notes.
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Author
Jane Austen
Editors
Janet Todd, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge and University of Aberdeen
Janet Todd is Professor of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen.
Linda Bree
Linda Bree is Publisher for Literature at Cambridge University Press.