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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford and Malden, MA, 2009, £95/$199.95.
ISBN: 978 1 4051 4909 9. Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, 56
Jane Austen had only six completed novels to her name when she died in 1817, yet she remains today one of the most popular and enduring authors in the British literary canon. Screen adaptations of Pride and Prejudice , Sense and Sensibility and Emma are constantly in demand, introducing new generations to her writing through the accessible medium of the costume drama. The books themselves are studied in schools, discussed by online communities and treasured by readers worldwide. On a critical and scholarly level, there are many appraisals, interpretations and revisions of Austen's oeuvre for the academic "Janeite" to wade through, from historical reviews of...