Book : Selected Letters (oxford Worlds Classics) - Austen,..

-Titulo Original : Selected Letters (oxford Worlds Classics)

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Oxford University Press

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In one of her personal letters, Jane Austen wrote Little Matters they are to be sure, but highly important. In fact, letter-writing was something of an addiction for young women of Jane Austens time and in her social position, and Austens letters have a freedom and familiarity that only intimate writing can convey. Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutiae of everyday living, Austen understood the importance of Little Matters, of the emotional and material details of individual lives shared with friends and family through the medium of the letter. Ironic, acerbic, always entertaining, Jane Austens letters are a fascinating record not only of her own day-to-day existence, but of the pleasures and frustrations experienced by women of her social class which are so central to her novels. Vivien Joness selection includes nearly two-thirds of Austens surviving correspondence, and her lively introduction and notes set the novelists most private writings in their wider cultural context. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. About the Author Vivien Jones is the General Editor of the novels of Jane Austen in Oxford Worlds Classics and the editor of Frances Burney, Evelina