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The lost books of Jane Austen / Janine Barchas.

by Barchas, Janine, author.

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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Appreciation.

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Bibliography.

Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History.

Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History.

Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History.

Authors and publishers -- United States -- History.

Literature publishing -- United States -- History.

Authors and readers -- United States -- History.

"The author traces the significant yet underappreciated historical role that mass-market paperbacks of Jane Austen's books have played in making her the celebrated author she is today. This is a work of bibliography and of literary history. The author has amassed a large collection of rare and forgotten Austen volumes with rich, colorful, and sometimes gaudy covers that are featured, selectively, as figures in the book"-- Provided by publisher.

xv, 284 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Introduction. Austen on the cheap -- Vignette I. Marianne & Gertrude -- Paperback fighter: Austen for the people -- Vignette II. Emma at the Seaside -- Sense, sensibility, and soap: Lever promotions in the 1890s -- Vignette III. The old sea captain & William Price -- Looking divine: wrapping Austen in the religious -- Vignette IV. Charlotte & a real castle -- Selling with paintings: a curious history of the cheap prestige reprint -- Vignette V. Young Heman's summer in Paris -- Pinking Jane Austen: the turn to "chick lit" -- Vignette VI. Lady Isabella's Mansfield Park -- Women's work: from school edition to scholarly Austen -- Vignette VII. Annie's prized gift.

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