Introduction; 1. The juvenilia, the early unfinished novels and Northanger Abbey; 2. The non-heiresses: The Watsons and Pride and Prejudice; 3. Sense and the single girl; 4. The frailties of Fanny; 5. Men of sense and silly wives - the confusions of Mr Knightley; 6. Rationality and rebellion: Persuasion and the model girl; 7. Sanditon - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Presents Jane Austen as a radical innovator in confrontation with contemporary popular novelists.
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