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"This book is a worthy addition to the Austen fan's library" Publishers Weekly Contains rarely seen archive material and special photography of locations still in existence today With a wealth of fascinating details about Jane Austen's life and times, this book brings to life the... read more

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In 1816, when Jane Austen had finished revising her early manuscript of Susan (now known to us as Northanger Abbey) and was intending to try for a second time to get it published, she felt it necessary to add a foreword, or 'Advertisement' to her text: This little work was finished in the year 1803, and intended for immediate publication.

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