The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen Author:Jane Austen, Reginald Brimley Johnson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF JANE AUSTEN Born, December, 1775. Died, July, 1817. The following is a list of Miss Austen's novels, chronologically arrang... more »ed, showing how many Editions of each were published in her lifetime: Name Date of Composition Sense And Sensibility (In its present form) . Nov. 1797-1798 Pride And Prejudice, Oct 1796-Aug. 1797, 1811-1816, 1811-1816, Date of Publication 1811, 1813 1813 (2edd.) Srded., 1817 1814, 1816 Mansfield Park, Emma, .. . . NORTHANOER ABBEY (with a Biographical Notice of the Author), . Persuasion, Lady Susan, The Watsons, . Letters Of Jane Austen, Letters Of Jane Austen, In this edition the novels will be printed in the order of publication, and from the text of thelast editions revised by the author, in which the orthography is of course antique and not always consistent. For access to a set of first editions, and for other valuable assistance, I am indebted to the kindness of Miss Austen's grand-nephew, the Rev. A. Austen-Leigh, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, whose father wrote the memoir of her in the Steventon edition of her novels. My special thanks are also due to my sister, Miss Alice Johnson, for her careful revision of the introduction and helpful suggestions with regard to it. 1798,18181811-1816,18181795,18711801-1805,18711796-1817,18841796-1817,1884R. B. J. chapter{Section 4Jane Austen Wednesday, 12 September, 1900, was a beautiful day. The sun shone brilliantly, and the air had quality. Early in the morning we said farewell to Salisbury's tall and crooked spire, and after an early lunch at high noon we visited the splendid old Norman Abbey church at Rom- sey. During the afternoon our bicycles carried us over an excellent road fringed with beautiful t...« less