144 pp. 12 x 8 7/8. CONTENTS: Introduction: The Eventful Life; England 1775-1817; A Hampshire Family; Childhood; World Events Impinge; Jane; The Early Writing: 1787-1793; The Betweenities and the History of England; Hampshire Society; Young Men and Women; The Novels in Solution; Bath; 1801 to 1806; James and Henry; Edward, Frank and Charles; Nephews and Nieces; Chawton in Hampshire: 1808-1817; Public Acclaim; The Final Year; Acknowledgments; Index. "Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist, whose realism, biting social commentary and use of free indirect speech, have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature."
