16851 Austen's World most are in print here

most are in print here for the first time

Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1953

Part of The Early Essays Series

With a helpful introduction and glossary

Green buckram stamped with gilt floral decorations

16851 Austen's World most are in print hereTranslated from the original (1956) French publication by Malcolm Barnes. Illustrated. This is the story of an enduring friendship between two women who could not seem more different. Germaine de Stael was outspoken and eccentric, famous for immoral behavior, and exiled from Paris for her open defiance of Napoleon. Juliette Recamier was known for her great beauty and chaste coquetry, unconquerable by many famous suitors, including Napoleon himself.