A Truth Universally Acknowledged _ 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen

Carson, Susannah (eds); Bloom, Harold (foreword); et al (text)

ISBN 10: 1400068053 / ISBN 13: 9781400068050

Published by Random House, New York, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Truth Universally Acknowledged _ 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400068053
• ISBN 13: 9781400068050
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Cloth/dust jacket Octavo.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Criticism

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Synopsis

A erudite collection of essays considers Jane Austen's lasting influence and popularity in literary circles as well as her work's reflection of humanity, in an anthology that includes pieces by such writers as Virginia Woolf, C. S. Lewis and E. M. Forster.

About the Author

Susannah Carson is a doctoral candidate in French at Yale University. Her previous degrees include an M.Phil from the Sorbonne Paris III, as well as MAs from the Université Lyon II and San Francisco State University. She has lectured on various topics of English and French literature at Oxford, the University of Glasgow, Yale, Harvard, Concordia, and Boston University.