The novels in this collection present a vivid picture of late-Regency society clinging to modes of behaviour which soon became obsolete and mark an important point of transition to Victorian cultural values.

General Editor: Harriet Devine Jump; Consulting Editor: Gary Kelly; Volume 1 edited by Clare Bainbridge; Volume 2 edited by Cynthia Lawford; Volume 3 edited by Harriet Devine Jump; Volume 4 edited by Ann R. HAwkins and Jeraldine R. Kraver; Volume 5 edited by Marie Mulvey-Roberts; Volume 6 edited by Andrea Hibbard and Edward Copeland.