{"product_id":"in-her-own-hand-series-boxed-set-hardcover-by-jane-austen-1","title":"In Her Own Hand series boxed set Hardcover by Jane Austen","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAbbeville Publishing Group\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2014-11-11)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e784\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780789212108\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e2069.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e23.01 x 18.16 x 7.16\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, all three volumes of Jane Austen’s brilliant early manuscripts are available in beautiful facsimile editions.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForever immortalized as the author of \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, Jane Austen actually produced her first “books” as a teenager. Taking their names from the inscriptions on their covers—Volume the First, Volume the Second, and Volume the Third—these brilliant little collections include the stories, playlets, verses, and moral fragments she wrote likely from the ages of twelve to eighteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a young author, Jane Austen delighted in language, employing it with great humor and surprising skill. She was adept at parodying the popular stories of her day and entertained her readers with outrageous plot lines and characters. Kathryn Sutherland, in her introductions, places Austen’s earliest works in context and explains how she mimicked even the style and manner in which this contemporary popular fiction was presented and arranged on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone of her six famous novels survives in complete manuscript form. This is a unique opportunity to own likenesses of Jane Austen’s notebooks as originally written—in her own hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eIn Her Own Hand\u003c\/i\u003e series boxed set contains facsimile editions of Jane Austen’s fiction, in her handwriting. The books include transcriptions by R. W. Chapman first recorded in 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Her Own Hand\u003c\/i\u003e boxed set of all three volumes includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume the First\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume the Second \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume the Third \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eThough the domain of \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e’s novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family’s entertainment. As a clergyman’s daughter from a well-connected family, she had ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At 21, she began a novel called “The First Impressions,” an early version of \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1801, on her father’s retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/i\u003e to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear in print was \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1813), \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1814), and \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1815).After her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand revised \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Her last work, \u003ci\u003eSandition\u003c\/i\u003e, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen’s identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e in 1818.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554764673185,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780789212108","price":89.1,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780789212108_c04b5d8d-4623-4879-ae00-42af234172f6.jpg?v=1781776544","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/in-her-own-hand-series-boxed-set-hardcover-by-jane-austen-1","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}