Jane Austen's Letters

Jane Austen's Letters

The cult for Miss Austen, which resulted in no less than ten new editions of her novels within a decade and three memoirs by different hands within as many years, have made the facts of her life familiar to most readers.------The letters included in this series comprise about three quarters of the collection in two volumes published in 1884 by her great-nephew Lord Brabourne. The lightness, almost friskiness, of their tone cannot fail to strike the reader.------A good daughter, a delightful sister, the most perfect of aunts, what better record could there be of a single woman? Her literary work never stood in the way of her home duties, any more than her "quiet, limpid, unimpassioned style" stood between her thought and her readers.------As timeless as Jane Austen herself, this book (Over 70 "Jane Austen" letters) is a great treat and a memento that reminds us of Jane Austen's legacy.