Jane Austen and Crime
Susannah Fullerton
About
the Book
“A new approach to Jane Austen seemed impossible, but Susannah
Fullerton . . . has brilliantly hit on the theme of crime and punishment
in Austen. Fullerton shows how the Regency world . . . was really a dangerous
place with a fast rising crime rate and a legal system that handed out
ferocious sentences. Her book will be essential reading for every Janeite.”—Claire
Tomalin, award-winning biographer, author of Jane Austen: A Life
“I have derived so much knowledge and enjoyment from Jane Austen
and Crime. Fullerton depicts a society beset by crimes both petty
and serious, with little protection for the public and less mercy for
the criminal . . . She shows how Jane Austen’s youthful fascination
with suicide and murder developed into a mature acknowledgement of the
many ways in which transgression shapes even an outwardly respectable
society.”—Maggie Lane, author of Jane Austen and Food,
Jane Austen's World, and others.
About
the Author
Susannah Fullerton lives in Australia and since 1996
has been president of the Jane Austen Society of Australia. She frequently
writes and talks on Austen.
Jane Austen and Crime
ISBN 0-9763539-5-4
6 x 8, 250 pages
Bibliography, Index
$22 Paperback—Literature & Criticism/True Crime
(Can. $25.50, UK £12.50)
April 2006
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