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Lois Austen-Leigh

    Lois Austen-Leigh scrisse quattro romanzi gialli negli anni '30, intessendo trame intricate con acute osservazioni sulla natura umana. Il suo lavoro, influenzato dalla sua discendenza come pronipote di Jane Austen, presentava spesso una sottile ironia e un acuto commento sociale. I lettori possono aspettarsi enigmi avvincenti e un'esplorazione sfumata dei personaggi all'interno delle sue narrazioni avvincenti.

    The Incredible Crime
    A Memoir of Jane Austen
    • 2017

      Prince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter. Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman.One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days' hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard - who is pursuing a quarry of his own.Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers - who may be forced to kill, to protect their secret.This witty and entertaining crime novel has not been republished since the 1930s. This new edition includes an introduction by Kirsten T. Saxton, professor of English at Mills College, California.

      The Incredible Crime
    • 2010

      This unique edition brings together for the first time Austen-Leigh's memoir of his aunt Jane Austen, together with shorter recollections by James Edward's two sisters. It also includes Jane's brother Henry's two biographical accounts.

      A Memoir of Jane Austen