Jane Austen For DummiesJohn 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 | 6 |
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 |
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