About the Author

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. She is also the author of Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey. Ros Ballaster is Professor of 18th Century Studies at Mansfield College, Oxford.

Reviews

"As nearly flawless as any fiction could be."
—Eudora Welty

"As nearly flawless as any fiction could be."
-Eudora Welty