If you enjoyed the preceding pages of “The Beautifull Cassandra: The Pictures, the Music, the Dance,” the following additional items are offered for your consideration:

Jane Austen’s Miniature “Novel”: Gender, Politics, and Form in The Beautifull Cassandra John C. Leffel
Persuasions Number 32, 2010

The Adventures of The Beautifull Cassandra and The Beautifull Jane by Juliet McMaster
Persuasions Number 15, 1993
Background on the publication of the children’s version of The Beautifull Cassandra including a brief explanation of why the heroine is a mouse.

“The Beautifull Cassandra” Illustrated by Juliet McMaster
Persuasions Number 10, 1988
More background on the creation of the children’s version of The Beautifull Cassandra.

The Madness of Jane Austen: Metonymic Style and Literature’s Resistance to Interpretation by Ellen Martin
Persuasions Number 9, 1987
A look at Jane Austen’s Juvenilia.  The Beautifull Cassandra is discussed in the middle of the essay.

THE BEAUTIFULL CASSANDRA

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