Generously illustrated collection of essays that introduce Austen's life and times. Contributors include Jan Fergus, Kathryn Sutherland, Anthony Mandal, Deirdre Le Faye, Jane Stabler, David Selwyn, Margaret Kirkham, Mary Waldron, Nicola Trott, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Deirdre Lynch, David Gilson, Valerie Cossy and Diego Saglia, Robert Clark and Gerry Dutton, James Raven, Claire Lamont, Antje Blank, Maggie Lane, Gary Kelly, Chris Jones, Alistair M. Duckworth, Richard Cronin, Paula Byrne, John Wiltshire, Edward Copeland, Warren Roberts, Penny Gay, Peter Knox-Shaw, Nicholas Roe, Brian Southam, John Mullan, Thomas Keymer, Alan Richardson, Michael Wheeler, Markman Ellis, Pat Rogers. 467 pages. Published at $104. These hardbacks are no longer available from the publisher. Cambridge University Press.  2005. Hb, Dj. USED. $40.00