A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen - Paperback

by Susannah Carson (Editor), Harold Bloom (Foreword by), C. S. Lewis (Author)

Why are readers so fascinated by Jane Austen's novels? In essays culled from the last 100 years of criticism, great authors and literary critics of the past and present offer insights into her writing and her unique appeal to readers across generations.

Author Biography

Susannah Carson is a doctoral candidate in French at Yale University. Her previous degrees include an M.Phil from the Sorbonne Paris III, as well as MAs from the Universit? Lyon II and San Francisco State University. She has lectured on various topics of English and French literature at Oxford, the University of Glasgow, Yale, Harvard, Concordia, and Boston University.