16100 Ecclesiastical History University of Georgia Press

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History of Publication

Halsey reveals key insights into Austen's appeal as well as the appeal of reading itself

16100 Ecclesiastical History University of Georgia PressOriginally published in 1885. Lyall was the pen name of Ada Ellen Bayly [1857 1903], a British novelist and early feminist. In the introduction to this novel she states she is trying to "describe the natural growth of a character" and has chosen a setting 200 years in the past. although she dreads calling it a historical novel. She does, however, combine real characters with her fictitious one. This edition, published in 1886, is covered in brown