14717 Georgian & Regency Leather maroon gilt decorated spine

Leather maroon gilt decorated spine with marbled boards

and a Biographical Memoir

In-depth studies of the home lives of late medieval queens and bishops

and many other late 18th-century writers viewed through modern ideas about class and gender

Beautiful gilt decorations on spine

14717 Georgian & Regency Leather maroon gilt decorated spineOne of our favorite Austen scholars shows how her novels really are full of the physical, from Mrs Bennet, Mary Musgrove and Mr Woodhouse complaining to descriptions of young ladies' health. Think of contrasting characters like Emma Woodhouse and Lydia Bennet. Wiltshire examines how talk about health operates in contexts of politics, gender, and social concerns. Reprint of the 1992 original. Cambridge UP. Paper. 2006. List price $46. 99. NEW AS NEW.