First published in 1924, this?unique title?provides an extremely valuable?early Twentieth?Century perspective on Jane Austen,?offering analysis from both sides of the channel.?The?book includes?both a translated study?of Jane Austen by French academic Léonie Villard, and a study by influential biographer and critic, R. Brimley Johnson. Johnson's study, made with particular reference to the unpublished epistolary?novel, Love and Friendship,?seeks to redress the balance of contemporary criticism of Austen, challenging the established links between?Austen and?Nineteenth Century realism, and suggesting instead that her work owes a great deal to the conventions of romance. He also demonstrates how her art transformed from the parody of Nothanger Abbeyto the portraiture of the later novels. Léonie Villard's ambitious work analyses a variety of topics relating to Austen's work, including women and marriage, psychology, satire, the gentry and the lasting value and scope of the novels. All in all, a very engaging, informative and insightful reissue.