17373 Mansfield Park and other people's letters as

and other people's letters as well

houses like Pemberley

Edited and partly written by Augustus's brother William

An exploration of how writers

Author of Jane Austen and the Interplay of Character

17373 Mansfield Park and other people's letters asEdited and with introduction by Rosalind Ballaster. First published in 1709, a dazzling satirical expose of the sexual and political intrigues of courtiers, courtesans, politicians, and arisitocrats of early 18th century England. Manley [1663 1724] was as well known as Swift in her day. The book weaves together sexual and political allegory to vilify her Whig opponents. Ballaster's extensive endnotes identify the actual characters behind her