Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen by Weldon, Fay - 1985

New York, New York, U.S.A: Taplinger Pub Co, 1985. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Type: Hard Back A Hymn of Praise To Literature! First US Edition. Hardcover Book in VG Condition with a Good jacket, with archival protective jacket cover. . Rear lower corner is bumped, otherwise book is in Fine condition. Bindiong of black half cloth, gilt titled, with tan boards; very clean and unmarked. Internals in Fine Condition. Dust jacket is clean and unmarked, with slight edge and corner wear; closed tear on upper edge and one on lower edge near spine tail; not price clipped. Alice, an imaginery 18 year old, can't relate to Jane Austen's novels and can't see why they are so much admired; her 'aunt', the author, writes these letters to Alice and pays tribute to a great writer while exploring the craft of fiction and writing creatively. This echoes a series of letters that Jane Austen did write to her niece who was trying to become a novelist and sums up Austen's views on what was important in life and literature. 127 pages. 9 x 6 inches. 1985, Taplinger Pub Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.