This unique volume compiles Austen's unpublished mature work. An enlightening companion to the published novels, it includes her comic poems, a novella, two unfinished novels, literary spoofs and letters giving advice on writing fiction. Explanatory endnotes illuminate cultural, historical and liter...

This unique volume compiles Austen's unpublished mature work. An enlightening companion to the published novels, it includes her comic poems, a novella, two unfinished novels, literary spoofs and letters giving advice on writing fiction. Explanatory endnotes illuminate cultural, historical and literary context, bringing Jane Austen's world to life.