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Cambridge University Press is set to publish a new book on the evolving meaning of Jane Austen by Austen scholar Professor Janet Todd to mark the 250th anniversary of the novelist’s birth in 2025.
Bethany Thomas, literature publisher at Cambridge University Press, acquired world rights including digital, direct from the author. The book will publish in March 2025.
Living with Jane Austen covers a career spent researching, writing and thinking about Austen, why the writer matters to us now, and how our understanding of her work changed at different cultural moments.
Cambridge University Press will also launch The Cambridge Jane Austen, edited by Todd, a new collector’s edition of Austen’s six novels plus volumes of her childhood writings and later manuscripts. The luxury volumes include new prefaces and contextual notes provided by Todd.
Thomas said: "We’re delighted to be publishing Janet’s moving and thoughtful semi-memoir which reflects on a life spent with Austen and what her works might mean to us today alongside a new collector’s edition of the complete works to mark next year’s milestone anniversary. Together, the books will allow the reader to delve into Jane Austen’s world and look afresh at her work with one of the best possible guides."
Todd said: "In 1975 I came to England from the USA to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. I’m now thrilled to be marking the 250th by editing a new edition and by writing Living with Jane Austen about 50 years exploring this most marvellous and chameleon of authors."