Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. 1 An Introduction to the Novels 1
5. 2 The Two Prototypes: Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility 50
6. 3 Necessary Conjunctions: Pride and Prejudice 65
7. 4 The Victorian Anxieties of Mansfield Park 80
8. 5 Civilization and the Contentment of Emma 101
9. 6 The Radical Pessimism of Persuasion 127
10. 7 Jane Austen as a Woman Writer 151
11. Notes 173
12. Index 183