10659 Favorite Authors starting with Austen's Persuasion

starting with Austen's Persuasion

Edited with a Dedicatory Letter to Lady Montagu by Octave Thanet

This rare book is near fine

A must-have for Austen scholars

Small Paris bookshop sticker inside back cover

10659 Favorite Authors starting with Austen's PersuasionThe first biography of one of the most brilliant women of her time, a formidable blue stocking and author. Writing under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, Violet Paget wrote supernatural fiction and essays on music and art. Gunn had access to private papers. Delves into her relationships with other famous people of her time, such as J. S. Sargent, Henry James, and Bernard Shaw. Oxford UP. 1964. Very Good but some wear to Jacket which is price clipped. Hb, DJ.