Sanditon And Other Stories

(Hardback)

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This collection throws a new light on Jane A usten''s work, revealing her use of broad comedy and farce. T he book is arranged in 2 parts, with mature stories edited f or easy reading in part 1, and the juvenilia collected by Au sten in part 2. '

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"[In her earliest writings] we see the essential Austen . . . There is a force behind Austen's farce-an energy which demands expression, an irony which will not be refused, a distinctive vision of life already apparent in the teenage writer . . . What grips one about the early works at every turn is the wit, the fire, the voice, the comic distance Austen sets up between herself and her fictional characters . . . Lady Susan is a classic, and "Sanditon" might have been Austen's greatest book, had death not prevented her from completing her final novel." -from the Introduction by Peter Washington

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1775 (16 Dec) Jane Austen born at Steventon in Hants, seventh child of the Rev. George Austen (1731-1805) and Cassandra Leigh (1739-1827) 1784/5 J. A. and her sister, Cassandra, leave the Abbey School, Reading 1795 Elinor and Marianne written. Lady Susan written 1796 (Oct) First Impressions begun (finished Aug 1797)1797 (Nov) Sense and Sensibility begun. First Impressions unsuccessfully offered to Cadell1798/9 Northanger Abbey (Susan) written. Sold to Crosby & Go. in 1803 1801 Austens settle in Bath 1805 Rev. George Austen dies. The Watsons and Lady Susan (R. W. Chapman's dating) written about this time 1806 Austens leave Bath for Clifton with 'happy feelings of escape', and visit Adlestrop and Stoneleigh 1807 (Mar) Austens settle in at Castle Square, Southampton 1809 Austens move to Chawton, Hampshire (owned by Jane's brother Edward) 1811 Mansfield Park begun (Feb). Sense and Sensibility published 36 (Nov.) 1812 (Nov) Pride and Prejudice sold to Egerton 1813 (Jan) Pride and Prejudice published (Nov.) second editions of this and Sense and Sensibility 1814 (21 Jan) Emma begun (finished 29 Mar 1815) (May) Mansfield Park published by Egerton 1815 Persuasion begun (finished August 1816) (Dec) Emma published by John Murray. 1816 Mansfield Park, second edition. 1817 (Jan-Mar) Sanditon begun (28 July) Jane Austen dies at Winchester; buried in Winchester Cathedral (Dec) Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion published by Murray