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Biography

Jane Austen
Her Life, Her Times, Her Novels
by Janet Todd
ane Austen’s sharp, witty novels have a devoted readership—and this
Jbiography feeds her fans’ appetite for background on the beloved author,
providing information on her relationships, contemporary attitudes, and
the settings for her novels. Drawing on personal archives, Jane Austen fea-
tures rare early manuscripts; a handwritten note outlining the profits from
her novels; a letter from Jane’s father to the publisher Thomas Cadell; and
pages from the unfinished manuscript of Sanditon.
JANET TODD is an authority on the early eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries. She is currently Professor of English Literature at Aberdeen
University and the President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She is
a well-respected author of many books on women in literature.
KEY SELLING POINTS

✱ Reissue in a new format, with previously removable documents
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✱ Jane Austen’s final unfinished novel, Sanditon, will be adapted for TV by
Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice, 1995) for Christmas 2019
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(200 color & b/w photos & illus.) reviewed; The New York Times praised Aphra Behn: A Secret Life for
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called Radiation Diaries “frank, wry, and unexpectedly heartening”

Charles Dickens
by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
harles Dickens was one of the greatest celebrities of his age. This illus-
Ctrated biography delves deeply into his life and career, starting with
early childhood. It takes an intimate look at what he was like as a husband, a
father, a friend, and an employer; his longing to be an actor; and his travels
across North America and Europe. Readers will meet Dickens’ fascinating
family and circle of friends—and discover how real-life events and person-
alities were woven into his art.
LUCINDA DICKENS HAWKSLEY is the great-great-great grand-daughter of
Charles Dickens and patron of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. She
has written more than 20 books, including Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a
Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel, March Women March, Dickens and Christmas,
and Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens’s Artist Daughter.
KEY SELLING POINTS

✱ Reissue of Charles Dickens (Insight Editions, 2011), with previously
removable documents now printed on the page
✱ June 2020 marks the 150th anniversary of Dickens’ death
FEBRUARY 2020 ✱ Features more than 20 images of documents from Dickens’
ISBN 9780233006055 • $29.95 HC • 160 PP personal archive
(200 color & b/w photos & illus.) Published in association with the Charles Dickens Museum in London
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