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What Matters in Jane Austen
- Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
- Narrated by: Paul Collins
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Which important Austen characters never speak? Is there any sex in Austen? What do the characters call one another, and why? What are the right and wrong ways to propose marriage? In What Matters in Jane Austen?, John Mullan shows that we can best appreciate Austen's brilliance by looking at the intriguing quirks and intricacies of her fiction. Asking and answering some very specific questions about what goes on in her novels, he reveals the inner workings of their greatness.
In 20 short chapters, each of which explores a question prompted by Austen’s novels, Mullan illuminates the themes that matter most in her beloved fiction. Listeners will discover when Austen's characters had their meals and what shops they went to; how vicars got good livings; and how wealth was inherited. What Matters in Jane Austen? illuminates the rituals and conventions of her fictional world in order to reveal her technical virtuosity and daring as a novelist. It uses telling passages from Austen's letters and details from her own life to explain episodes in her novels: listeners will find out, for example, what novels she read, how much money she had to live on, and what she saw at the theater.
Written with flair and based on a lifetime's study, What Matters in Jane Austen? will allow listeners to appreciate Jane Austen's work in greater depth than ever before.
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- Sara
- 2023-05-21
Very informative!
As a Jane Austen fan, I enjoyed this a lot. There was a few times where I was confused because it seemed like the audio was repeating itself but I think it was just how it was written, maybe. Overall, a decent book for Jane Austen fans who like a commentary on the Regency Era and the way Austen wrote her material.
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- Gillian
- 2024-03-07
Wonderful for Austen Readers
The information in this book dramatically increased my enjoyment of Jane Austen novels. The narrator has a good voice but it’s a rather stilted reading. Not sure why American pronunciations are used but they really jarred (example Benwick instead of the English pronunciation of Bennick: odolpho instead of youdolpho for Udolpho.
Otherwise a really enjoyable listen.
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- maaseru
- 2021-02-11
What a find, this is a treasure trove.
This book is well under 10 years old and yet it has never turned up in searches, so I feel very fortunate to have come across it. If you are interested in Jane Austen, information, commentary, and analyses that are unlikely to be outside a university course, this will be an excellent read for you.
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