Publications
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My Aunt Jane Austen: A Memoir
by Caroline Austen
Unique childhood memories of Mrs Austen, Jane and Cassandra at Chawton. |
| £3.95 |
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Fanny Knight's Diaries: Jane Austen through her niece's eyes
by Deirdre Le Faye
Fanny was the eldest of Edward Knight's motherless family, so had to grow up quickly to take her mother's place.
In her confusion when courted by eligible young men, she turned to Jane Austen for advice. |
| £4.95 |
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Jane Austen in Bath (revised edition)
by Jean Freeman
There have been changes in the city since this book was first published, but the squares and crescents
remain to remind us of Catherine Morland's unwilling drive with John Thorpe, or Captain Wentworth's tardy
realisation and acceptance of Anne Elliot's enduring love - and of course of the few years the Austens lived at Sydney Place. |
| £4.95 |
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Jane Austen in Lyme Regis
by Maggie Lane
The short guide, written in 1940 by Emma Austen-Leigh and her brother Richie, has long been out of print.
Here Maggie Lane describes the little seaside town which the Austens visited twice, for holidays, and which inspired the famous fall in Persuasion. |
| £5.50 |
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Jane Austen: A Celebration
Edited by Maggie Lane and David Selwyn, with a Foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales
(published in association with Carcanet Press).
To mark the millennium, this volume presents a collection of views of Jane Austen from distinguished people in all walks of life.
Many of the pieces have been specially written for the book. |
| £3.95 |
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Godmersham Park, Kent - before, during, and since Jane Austen's day
by Nigel Nicolson
With his discerning and knowledgeable eye, the author describes this elegant country house, once the home of Jane Austen's brother Edward.
He comments on references in Jane Austen's letters to her visits. Here she acquired an understanding of social life in large houses used so effectively in her novels. Illustrated. |
| £4.95 |
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Jane Austen: Collected Poems and Verse of the Austen family
Edited by David Selwyn (published in association with Carcanet Press)
All poems known to have been written by Jane Austen are printed here, several by her mother, a clever and witty versifier,
as well as charades, poems and riddles by other members of the family circle. Fully annotated. |
| £6.00
paperback
£18.00
hardback |
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The Complete Poems of James Austen
Edited (with an introduction and notes) by David Selwyn
This volume provides for the first time an opportunity to enjoy all the poetry written by Jane Austen's eldest brother - the amusing prologues and epilogues
to the Steventon theatricals, the affectionate verses for his children, and the lyrical descriptions of the Hampshire landscape he loved so much. |
| £10.50 |
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Reminiscences of Caroline Austen
Edited by Deirdre Le Faye.
Unique childhood memories of Mrs Austen, Jane and Cassandra at Chawton. |
| £6.95 |
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Jane Austen's Family and Tonbridge
by Margaret Wilson (published in association with the Kent Branch)
An interesting account of the Austen family's connections in Kent: Jane Austen's father, who taught at Tonbridge School before his marriage;
his uncle, the wealthy Francis Austen, who owned the handsome house in the High Street, are among those described by the author, a local historian. |
| £4.95 |
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Fugitive Pieces: the poems of James Edward Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen's nephew and biographer
Edited (with an Introduction and Notes) by David Selwyn.
The poems, many of them written in his youth, are interspersed with charming silhouette pictures by James Edward Austen-Leigh himself. |
| £7.50 |
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Jane Austen and the North Atlantic : Essays from the 2005 Jane Austen Society Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Edited by Sarah Emsley. |
| £2.50 |
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The Letters of Mrs Lefroy
Edited by Helen Lefroy and Gavin Turner |
| £9.95 |
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Collected Reports of The Jane Austen Society |
Volume 1 (1949 - 1965)
Volume 2 (1966 - 1975)
Volume 3 (1976 - 1985)
Volume 4 (1986 - 1995)
Volume 5 (1996 - 2000)
(inc. index 1949 - 2000) |
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| Full set |
| £75.00 |
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The Collected Reports are an important record of the Society's history since its inception, and of original research over the years.
Subjects covered in the annual address at the AGM range widely and include all aspects of the life and work of Jane Austen.
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