Jane Austen The World of Her Novels

by Le Faye, Deirdre

• ISBN13: 9780810932852
• ISBN10: 0810932857
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

To peruse this lovely volume is to step back in time and experience the world of Georgian and Regency Britain -- the world of Jane Austen's enduringly popular fiction. From grand country houses to humble villagers' cottages, from formal dinners to intimate family suppers, from the streets of Bath to the Cobb at Lyme Regis, the author revisits the places familiar to Austen and her characters as she explores in depth the social and physical environment that formed the backdrop for such classics as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility.

Using archival materials, Deirdre Le Faye, an acclaimed Austen authority, clarifies for the modern reader the myriad references in Austen's novels and letters to the places and social customs of her time. With its wealth of illustrations, many never before published, this meticulously detailed account is an essential source of background information for all students and enthusiasts of Jane Austen's books.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(8)
PART 1: THE WORLD OF JANE AUSTEN	8	(140)
Jane Austen and Her Family	8	(32)
England and The World	40	(86)
A Sense of Place	126	(22)
PART 2: THE NOVELS	148	(160)
Sense and Sensibility	54	(124)
Pride and Prejudice	178	(26)
Northanger Abbey	204	(18)
The Watsons	222	(6)
Mansfield Park	228	(24)
Emma	252	(26)
Persuasion	278	(20)
Sanditon	298	(10)
Epilogue	308	(3)
Further Reading	311	(2)
The Novels: Dates and Main Characters	313	(3)
Index	316	(4)
Acknowledgments	320