Offers a radical new thesis about Jane Austen's construction of her art and recreates substantial area of her mental and imaginative life.

Presents essays and commentary from Jane Austen's peers about her personal life, career, and individual works.

First published anonymously, as ‘a lady’, Jane Austen is now among the world’s most famous and highly revered authors. The Routledge Companion to Jane Aus

This book explores what it means to read the six major works of Jane Austen, in light of the ten major works of fiction by Charlotte Smith. It proposes that Smi