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"The best (and the best written) book about Austen that has appeared in the last three decades."--Nina Auerbach, Journal of English and Germanic Philology "By looking at the ways in which Austen domesticates the gothic in Northanger Abbey , examines the conventions of male inheritance... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Jane Austen: Add a description of this character.
- Elinor Dashwood
- Emma Woodhouse
- Marianne Dashwood
- Lady Catherine
- Fitzwilliam Darcy
- Edmund Bertram
- Henry Tilney
- Elizabeth Bennet
- John Willoughby
- Harriet Smith
- Walter Eliot
- Mrs. Elton
- Mary Crawford
- Captain Wentworth
- Jane Bennet
- Isabella Woodhouse Knightley
- Mr. Collins
- Colonel Brandon
- Mrs. Norris
- Edward Ferrars
- Mrs. Croft
- Mrs. Smith
- John Dashwood
- Lady Russell
- George Knightley
- Fanny Price
- William Elliot
- Catherine Morland
- Mr. Woodhouse
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The reactionary ideology which evolved in England during the 1790s left a rich and paradoxical legacy: even as it required women to be amiably weak, retiring, and docile so to assure the authority, the chivalry, even the identity of men, it not only stimulated but also empowered women's commentary on political affairs.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Claudia L. Johnson (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR4038.P6 J64 1988
- Dewey: 820
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