Jane Austen For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, 2006年7月31日 - 384 頁
Explains Austen's methods, motivations, and morals

The fun and easy way(r) to understand and enjoy Jane Austen

Want to know more about Jane Austen? This friendly guide gives the scoop on her life, works, and lasting impact on our culture. It chronicles the events of her brief life, examines each of her novels, and looks at why her stories - of women and marriage, class and money, scandal and hypocrisy, emotion and satire - still have meaning for us today.

Discover
* Why Austen is so popular
* The impact on manners, courtships, and dating
* Love and life in Austen's world
* Her life and key influences
* Her most memorable characters
 

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Introduction
1
The Part of Tens 301
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Introducing Jane Austen
11
Getting to Know Jane Austen
12
Visiting Jane Austens Georgian World
27
Understanding the Class System
37
Growing
43
Being Jane Austen 17751817
47
Being a Man in a Mans World
177
Experiencing Life at Home in Austens Day
195
Minding Your Manners
221
Exposing Bad Manners
235
Following Religion and Morality for Jane Austen
239
Enjoying Austen
255
Reading Pride and Prejudice
263
Meeting Only Anne
269

Janes Formative Years
52
Living and lulling in Bath
64
Inspiring the Aspiring Novelist
75
Rising Sentimentalism and Sensibility in Society
82
The Genius of Jane Austen
89
Austen Observes Ladies and Gentlemen
91
Having fun under a watchful chaperones eye
109
Playing the Dating Game Courtship Austen Style
113
Marrying A Serious Business for Jane Austen
131
Wily Females and Seductive Males
149
Living Life in Janes World
161
Living Life in Janes World
164
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Bringing Austen Novels to Stage Screen and Television
277
Determining Austens Literary Descendents
291
Finishing Austen without Austen
297
Ten Most Memorable Austen Characters
303
Ten Best AustenRelated Books Besides This One
309
Ten Best Austen Places to Visit
315
Ten Best Austenisms and What They Mean
323
Jane Austen Chronology
329
Index
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關於作者 (2006)

Joan Klingel Ray, PhD, is an English professor at the University of Colorado. She has written articles for numerous magazines and appeared on the A&E biography of Jane Austen.

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