New Zealand author. Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-338) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter 1: "Ungossiping authority": Fanny Burney, Cassandra Cooke, and Jane Austen -- Chapter 2: "He swore and he drank": Lieutenant Price and Lieutenant Phillips -- Chapter 3: "Everybody is cross and teasing": The Mansfield Theatricals -- Chapter 4: "Censure in common use": Women, Satire, and Politics -- Chapter 5: "Carried home, dead drunk": Satires on the Royal Family -- Chapter 6: "Hair so untidy, so blowsy!" Elizabeth Bennet, Dorothy Jordan, and the Duke of Clarence -- Chapter 7: "Half Mulatto, chilly & tender": Sanditon, the Duke of Clarence, and Sara Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus" -- Conclusion: The Belated Celebrity of Jane Austen -- Appendix A: Mr. Joseph Nutting, Army Button Maker of Covent-Garden -- Appendix B: The Woman of Colour and "Wowski" -- Appendix C: Lady Caroline Lamb and Lord
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