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Jane Austen

A Literary Life

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  • © 1991

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Authors:
  1. Jan Fergus

    1. Lehigh University, USA

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Conditions of Authorship for Women, 1775–1817

    • Jan Fergus
    Pages 1-27

  3. Background and Literary Apprenticeship, 1775–1793

    • Jan Fergus
    Pages 28-68

  4. The Idea of Authorship, 1794–1800

    • Jan Fergus
    Pages 69-103

  5. The Unpublished Author, 1801–1809

    • Jan Fergus
    Pages 104-125

  6. The Professional Writer, 1809–1817

    • Jan Fergus
    Pages 126-172

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 173-201
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Previous biographies have set Jane Austen within her social context. This biography places her firmly within her professional context as one of an increasing number of women who published novels between 1790 and 1820. Being a professional writer was, apart from her family, more important to Austen than anything else in her life.

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  • Lehigh University, USA

    Jan Fergus

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