Many of the books were folded into juvenile a series for kids. austin was also kind of a kiddy read during the late victorian an early twentieth century periods. And i found a copy that was really pretty, i thoughta of northanger abbey made out to a young woman named annie monroe as an attendance prize in a school in scotland in 19 11. The opposite page had been made over to another monroe, florence monroe. and so i was able to research these two girls and discover that they lived with four other siblings. There were six children and two parents, and they lived in a small place. In the end, i discovered,
Author and professor Janine Barchas of the University of Texas talks about her book, The Lost Books of Jane Austen, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. The conversation explores Austen's enduring reputation, how the cheap reprints of her work allowed that reputation to thrive, the links between Shakespeare and Austen, how Austen has thrived despite the old-fashioned nature of her content, Colin Firth's shirt, and the virtue of studying literature.