The genius of Jane Austen

Paula Byrne

earliest edition we have, 2017 HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 2017

Jane Austen loved the theatre. She learned much of her art from a long tradition of English comic drama and took joyous participation in amateur theatricals and her visits to the theatre in London and Bath. Her juvenilia, then 'Sense and Sensibility', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Mansfield Park' and 'Emma' were shaped by the arts of theatrical comedy. Her admiration for drama's dialogue, characterisation, plotting, exits...

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Genius of Jane Austen edition · 2018 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780008225698
Genius of Jane Austen edition · 2017 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780008225674
Genius of Jane Austen edition · 2017 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062674500
The genius of Jane Austen edition · 2017 · 334 pages · 9780062674494

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