Author of the masterpieces Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the best-loved novelists of all time. Zoe Heller became a columnist for 'The Independent on Sunday' in 1994 and has since written for 'The Sunday Times', 'The New Yorker', 'Vanity Fair' and the 'London Review of Books'. She has published two novels: Everything You Know, in 1999, and the Man Booker-shortlisted Notes on a Scandal, in 2003

Foreword by Zoe Heller; Lesley Castle; A History of England; Catherine; Notes; Biographical note.