Catharine and Other Writings

by Austen, Jane; Doody, Margaret Anne; Murray, Douglas; Doody, Margaret Anne

• ISBN13: 9780192835215
• ISBN10: 0192835211
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new collection of Austen's brilliant short fiction is the first annotated edition of her short writings. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts to give a number of new readings. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection contains many of her poems written to amuse and console her friends, and are unavailable in any other single volume.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix	(30)
Note on the Text	xxxix	(2)
Select Bibliography	xli	(3)
A Chronology of Jane Austen	xliv
VOLUME THE FIRST	3	(72)
Frederic and Elfrida	3	(8)
Jack and Alice	11	(16)
Edgar and Emma	27	(4)
Henry and Eliza	31	(6)
The Adventures of Mr Harley	37	(1)
Sir William Mountague	38	(2)
Memoirs of Mr Clifford	40	(1)
The Beautifull Cassandra	41	(4)
Amelia Webster	45	(2)
The Visit	47	(5)
The Mystery	52	(3)
The Three Sisters	55	(13)
A beautiful description	68	(1)
The generous Curate	68	(1)
Ode to Pity	70	(5)
VOLUME THE SECOND	75	(100)
Love and Friendship	75	(32)
Lesley Castle	107	(27)
The History of England	134	(11)
A Collection of Letters	145	(20)
The female philosopher	165	(2)
The first Act of a Comedy	167	(2)
A Letter from a Young Lady	169	(1)
A Tour through Wales	170	(1)
A Tales	171	(4)
VOLUME THE THIRD	175	(55)
Evelyn	175	(11)
Catharine, or the Bower	186	(44)
Plan of a Novel	230	(3)
List of Verses	233	(1)
Verses	234	(13)
Prayers	247	(4)
Textual Notes	251	(34)
Explanatory Notes	285