Call Number:

Ms. Coll. 27

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Ms. Coll. 27, R. Brimley Johnson, Jane Austen, 1927, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

Date:

1927 (inclusive)

Creator:

Johnson, R. Brimley (Reginald Brimley)

Form:

Typescripts, Manuscripts, English -- 20th century, and Biographies

Abstract:

R. Brimley Johnson (1867-1932) was an english biographer, critic, and editor who specialized in 19th century English authors and literature. This resource is a typescript of Johnson's, Jane Austen, dated 1927.

R. Brimley Johnson (1867-1932) was an English biographer, critic, and editor who specialized in nineteenth century English authors and literature. Johnson was the youngest son of William Henry Farthing, a schoolmaster. He entered Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge in 1886 and established a small publishing business in London and Edinburgh by 1900. In 1909, Johnson founded The Gownsman and served as its editor from 1912-1913. He also published and edited extensively. Notable works include, Jane Austen, a critical study; Jane Austen, her Life, her Work, her Family and her Critics; and The Women Novelists Fanny Burney to George Eliot.

Typed sheets have been pasted into a bound volume dated 1927. The text is the same as Johnson's published work on Jane Austen. This item may be the typescript draft for the printed book.