Johnson Claudia L. - A Companion to Jane Austen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to Jane Austen / edited by Claudia L. Johnson and Clara Tuite.

p. cm.(Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 56)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4051-4909-9 (cloth) 978-0-470-67238-9 (pbk.)

1. Austen, Jane, 17751817Criticism and interpretationHandbooks, manuals, etc.

I. Johnson, Claudia L. II. Tuite, Clara

PR4037.C65 2009

823.7dc22

2008019513

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