{"product_id":"a-gossips-story-valancourt-classics-jane-west-9781943910151","title":"A Gossip's Story (Valancourt Classics)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe eighteenth-century bestseller that may have inspired Jane Austen's\u003c\/i\u003e Sense and Sensibility \u003ci\u003erepublished for the first time in a modern edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of the most popular and prolific authors of her time, Jane West (1758-1852) enjoyed her greatest success with \u003ci\u003eA Gossip's Story, and A Legendary Tale\u003c\/i\u003e (1796), one of the best-selling novels of its era. Yet in addition to its significance as a lost classic by a neglected woman writer, \u003ci\u003eA Gossip's Story\u003c\/i\u003e has long been recognized by scholars as a likely influence on Jane Austen's celebrated novel \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e (1811). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e West's wryly humorous cautionary tale - with its themes of courtship and love, money and romance, filial piety and financial ruin - centers on two very different sisters. Where Louisa proves herself to be rational and full of good sense, Marianne is driven by her emotions and romantic idealism, and their dispositions lead them to starkly different fates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This first-ever annotated edition of West's novel includes the unabridged text of the original two-volume edition, including facsimile reproductions of its title pages, together with a new scholarly introduction which argues that \"whether anchored to Austen's \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e, read on its own, or read as part of West's vast and largely unstudied oeuvre, \u003ci\u003eA Gossip's Story\u003c\/i\u003e deserves reassessment. With the publication of this edition, West's fiction may well regain - deservedly - some of its former prominence.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane West, Melinda O'Connell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1943910154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943910151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Valancourt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Jane West","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047169421567,"sku":"9781943910151","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44629e41-2f38-43e1-a1d7-4918ef78850e.jpg?v=1684988653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-gossips-story-valancourt-classics-jane-west-9781943910151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}