The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen · Penelope Hughes-Hallett (Batsford)

An exquisite selection of letters from one of the most enduringly popular authors of all time: Jane Austen.

Beautifully illustrated with contemporary paintings and engravings of Regency England—the England that Jane Austen herself would have observed—this collection of correspondence by the beloved author is a must-have for her adoring fans. The letters, with commentary by Penelope Hughes-Hallett, cover six periods of Jane Austen's life between the years 1796, when she was 20, and 1817, when she died. They reveal Austen's abundant wit and talent for expressing exactly what she perceived, making this an illuminating companion to her novels.