This is an excellent work on Austen's career as a professional writer. This was a new way to think about Austen in 1991 - as a determined career writer. Fergus is a favorite of Austen fans because she places Austen in professional context as a woman. Fergus draws connections between the female heroines of her juvenilia, who literally got away with murder, and the heroines of her mature works, who quietly break norms. Scarce in like-new hardback. St Martin's Press, NY. 1991. Hb, Dj. USED. $50.00