Jane Austen: Illusion and Reality

by Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke

Can he be a sensible man, sir?'
No, my dear; I think not...'
Thus Christopher Brooke prefaces his study of Jane Austen, whose sharp intelligence and wit have been the companions of his leisure for many years. In answer to the question as to whether there can be anything left to be said, Brooke returns rewardingly to her own writing, the novels and the letters, and with a historian's precision reveals new detail and fresh insights. What...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859915573
• ISBN13: 9780859915571
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"