An introduction to the novels -- The two prototypes : Northanger abbey and Sense and sensibility -- Necessary conjunctions : Pride and prejudice -- The Victorian anxieties of Mansfield park -- Civilization and the contentment of Emma -- The radical pessimism of Persuasion -- Jane Austen as a woman writer
Analysis
Austen, Jane Political and social views
Literary form History 19th century
Literature and society History 19th century England