![]() ![]() ![]() Chapman's ground-breaking edition of the collected Letters first appeared in 1932, and a second edition followed twenty years later. Writing about the business of literary composition. We see the shift in her writing from witty and amusing descriptions of the social life of town and country, to a thoughtful and constructive tone while Above all we recognize the unmistakable voice of the author of such novels as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. They bring alive her family and friends, her surroundings and contemporary events with a freshness unparalleled in Jane Austen's letters afford a unique insight into the daily life of the novelist: intimate and gossipy, observant and informative-they read much like the novels themselves. ![]()
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