16818 Austen - Antique and Collectible Bennet" on the front cover

Bennet" on the front cover in small script above the title

Oversized book with slipcase

Miss Read describes the connections between her stories and the actual location

various artists including H

Also gives the source of place names and names of things such as the Elgin Marbles (named after  the Earl of Elgin)

16818 Austen - Antique and Collectible Bennet" on the front coverSolinger shows how ideas of what it means to be a gentleman preoccupied the British in the 18th century. The transformation of the British gentleman into a worldly, educated man suitable as the ideal husband for heroines of novels, is seen evolving with increased literacy, the emergence of colonialism, and the novel. Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. Paper. NEW. $75. 00