![]() ![]() ![]() Adding explanations, asides and illuminations, readers will be aided in understanding the narrative that may appear to the first time reader as a simple story of love lost and regained, but in actuality, is quite layered in complexity: laced with historical context, social commentary and influenced by Austen’s personal life. Packed in the side margins of almost every page are running commentaries by editor Robert Morrison. ![]() Now, just in time for holiday gift giving, Persuasion: An Annotated Edition was released this month supplying the same powerful presentation this time to Jane Austen’s final, most profound and poignant novel, Persuasion. Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Edition, by Jane Austen and edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks set the standard for the series: an unabridged first edition text, annotations by an Austen scholar, full color illustrations, over-sized coffee table format (9.5” X 10”), extensive scholarly introduction, and supplemental material – all pulled together in a beautifully designed interior and stunning cover. Last year, the good folks at the Harvard University Press presented the first installment in their commitment to annotate all six of Jane Austen’s major novels. ![]()
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