Sanditon And Other Stories

Jane Austen, Peter Washington, Peter Washington

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Everyman's Library
26 April 1996

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories

Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS

Readers of Jane Austen's six great novels are left hungering for more, and more there is- the marvelous unpublished manuscripts she left behind, collected here.

A dazzling collection of early stories and later fragments which throw an entirely new light on Jane Austen. In particular, they reveal a precociously brilliant genius with a talent for broad comedy and even farce. Most of the pieces in this collection are very funny indeed, and several - including the novella LADY SUSAN and the unfinished novel SANDITION are also neglected masterpieces. Other material includes the celebrated HISTORY OF ENGLAND, poems, prayers, the Plan of a Novel, etc. The volume is arranged in two parts, with the mature stories in Part 1 edited for easy reading, and the juvenilia collected by Austen herself presented exactly as she wrote them in Part 2. It includes everything she wrote apart from letters and the six famous novels, and is the final volume in the complete Everyman edition of her works now available in seven uniform volumes.

By: Jane Austen
Introduction by: Peter Washington
Volume editor: Peter Washington
Imprint: Everyman's Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 225
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781857152258
ISBN 10: 1857152255
Series: Everyman's Library CLASSICS
Pages: 502
Publication Date: 26 April 1996
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for Sanditon And Other Stories

A marvellous collection for Jane Austen fans. Although written when in her teens these stories already reflect Austen's distinct vision of life. Lady Susan is a series of letters between the flirtatious and scheming Susan and those whose lives she meddles in - to much more devastating effect than Emma Woodhouse. The centrepiece of the book is the great unfinished Sanditon, written at the height of her powers the novel follows the Parkers, a couple at odds with each other and the Denhams, an impoverished gentry family. Not to be missed. (Kirkus UK)