The Letters of Jane Austen

This recording includes a selection of Jane Austen's letters edited by Susan Coolidge and chosen from the collection of Austen's great-nephew Edward Lord Brabourne. The letters are mostly addressed to Austen's sister Cassandra with whom she was very close. There are also some letters written to two of her nieces Anna Austen Lefroy and Fanny Knight. They include some references to her published work including Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park and Emma