1741695The Lost Books of Jane Austenhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-lost-books-of-jane-austen-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/509141/4bb652c1-5286-4680-bda5-84fc0edd62cf.jpg?v=638335098795800000589718MXNJohns Hopkins University PressInStock/Ebooks/Hardcore bibliography meets Antiques Roadshow in an illustrated exploration of the role that cheap reprints played in Jane Austens literary celebrityand in changing the larger book world itself.Gold Winner of the 2019 Foreword INDIES Award for History by FOREWORD ReviewsIn the nineteenth century, inexpensive editions of Jane Austens novels targeted to Britains working classes were sold at railway stations, traded for soap wrappers, and awarded as school prizes. At just pennies a copy, these reprints were some of the earliest mass-market paperbacks, with Austens beloved stories squeezed into tight columns on thin, cheap paper. Few of these hard-lived bargain books survive, yet they made a substantial difference to Austens early readership. These were the books bought and read by ordinary people.Packed with nearly 100 full-color photographs of dazzling, sometimes gaudy, sometimes tasteless covers, The Lost Books of Jane Austen is a unique history of these rare and forgotten Austen volumes. Such shoddy editions, Janine Barchas argues, were instrumental in bringing Austens work and reputation before the general public. Only by examining them can we grasp the chaotic range of Austens popular reach among working-class readers.Informed by the authors years of unconventional book hunting, The Lost Books of Jane Austen will surprise even the most ardent Janeite with glimpses of scruffy survivors that challenge the prevailing story of the authors steady and genteel rise. 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At just pennies a copy, these reprints were some of the earliest mass-market paperbacks, with Austens beloved stories squeezed into tight columns on thin, cheap paper. Few of these hard-lived bargain books survive, yet they made a substantial difference to Austens early readership. These were the books bought and read by ordinary people.Packed with nearly 100 full-color photographs of dazzling, sometimes gaudy, sometimes tasteless covers, The Lost Books of Jane Austen is a unique history of these rare and forgotten Austen volumes. Such shoddy editions, Janine Barchas argues, were instrumental in bringing Austens work and reputation before the general public. Only by examining them can we grasp the chaotic range of Austens popular reach among working-class readers.Informed by the authors years of unconventional book hunting, The Lost Books of Jane Austen will surprise even the most ardent Janeite with glimpses of scruffy survivors that challenge the prevailing story of the authors steady and genteel rise. Thoroughly innovative and occasionally irreverent, this book will appeal in equal measure to book historians, Austen fans, and scholars of literary celebrity.(*_*)9781421431604_Hardcore bibliography meets Antiques Roadshow in an illustrated exploration of the role that cheap reprints played in Jane Austens literary celebrityand in changing the larger book world itself.Gold Winner of the 2019 Foreword INDIES Award for History by FOREWORD ReviewsIn the nineteenth century, inexpensive editions of Jane Austens novels targeted to Britains working classes were sold at railway stations, traded for soap wrappers, and awarded as school prizes. At just pennies a copy, these reprints were some of the earliest mass-market paperbacks, with Austens beloved stories squeezed into tight columns on thin, cheap paper. Few of these hard-lived bargain books survive, yet they made a substantial difference to Austens early readership. These were the books bought and read by ordinary people.Packed with nearly 100 full-color photographs of dazzling, sometimes gaudy, sometimes tasteless covers, The Lost Books of Jane Austen is a unique history of these rare and forgotten Austen volumes. Such shoddy editions, Janine Barchas argues, were instrumental in bringing Austens work and reputation before the general public. Only by examining them can we grasp the chaotic range of Austens popular reach among working-class readers.Informed by the authors years of unconventional book hunting, The Lost Books of Jane Austen will surprise even the most ardent Janeite with glimpses of scruffy survivors that challenge the prevailing story of the authors steady and genteel rise. Thoroughly innovative and occasionally irreverent, this book will appeal in equal measure to book historians, Austen fans, and scholars of literary celebrity....9781421431604_Johns Hopkins University Presslibro_electonico_99a6ef19-7a26-36fd-b453-56bfb28b58bc_9781421431604;9781421431604_9781421431604Janine BarchasInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/johnshopkins_trade-epub-0d01f6c1-8228-424f-ad20-81d69bde2a29.epub2019-10-08T00:00:00+00:00Johns Hopkins University Press