15242 Royal Court Life One page of facsimile tipped

One page of facsimile tipped in before the beginning of Chapter 10

we can't help thinking about the Misses Steele and the turn of the plot of S&S that depends upon the sisters' use and abuse of secrets

Skillful treatment of the characters and early 19th century prose

Jane and Cassandra question their nephew Edward (known to us as James Edward Austen Leigh) about conditions there

Entertaining oversized biography

15242 Royal Court Life One page of facsimile tippedWith Roger Evans and Sally Brown. 200 illustrations in full color, many large, grace this lovely book (8. 5X11), printed on heavy paper. Facsimiles of manuscripts and drawings & paintings plus short bios of various authors from the British Library collections. Collected by curators of literary manuscripts at the British Library. From Beowulf to Ted Hughes (Jane Austen is on page 114). Abrams, NY: 2003. 191 pages, Hb, dj. NEW. $20. 00