Jane Austen's Lost Novel by Jane Austen, P.J. Allen - 9781800460140

Name: Jane Austen's Lost Novel by Jane Austen, P.J. Allen - 9781800460140
Brand: Troubador Publishing

Troubador Publishing

Jane Austen's Lost NovelIts Importance for Understanding the Development of Her Art. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by P.J. Allen\nAuthor(s): Jane Austen, P.J. Allen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Troubador Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: Matador\nISBN-13: 9781800460140, 978-1800460140\nSynopsis\nUntil the appearance in 1870 of the Memoir written by her nephew [url] Austen Leigh, very little was known about Jane Austen beyond what could be deduced from her major novels. This had been the familys choice. Despite this lack of information Deidre Le Faye records that following the acceptance of Janes novel Susan for publication in 1803, according to family tradition, she had composed the plot of another full-length novel. This, Two Girls of Eighteen, never previously identified as Janes, was published in 1806 but at some point apparently suppressed. Only two copies are known to exist - one in the Deutsch Nationalbibliothek and the one from which the present text has been trans.