Peter Davies, 1975, Hardback in dust wrapper.
2nd impression. [First Edition: 1975]
From the cover: "In 1817 Jane Austen began to write a novel she did not live to finish. It existed as an incomplete manuscript known as SANDITON until a few years ago, when a long-time admirer of Jane Austen's novels, fascinated by the mystery of SANDITON, decided to try her hand at completing it — following the clues laid down by the author and writing in a style modelled on hers. The result is a romantic novel imbued with the delicate satirical humour for which the original author is famous.
In Charlotte Heywood Miss Austen created a heroine of intelligence and charm, in whom clear-sighted common sense is often at war with romance. Visiting kind Mr and Mrs Parker in Sanditon, a village which Mr Parker is promoting as a fashionable bathing resort, Charlotte encounters people of all sorts and romance in many guises.
This story of a more elegant age bears testimony to the truth that human nature does not change. Fortune hunters still kowtow to the rich; true love still triumphs surprisingly often; and people are still trying to develop fashionable beach resorts."
Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with tanning to the spine. Text complete, clean and tight.
Pale Green boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 329 pages. 8¾" x 5½".
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