Bibliograph

A Jane Austen education, how six novels taught me about love, friendship, and the things that really matter, William Deresiewicz

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A Jane Austen education, how six novels taught me about love, friendship, and the things that really matter, William Deresiewicz

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Jane Austen education

Oclc number

721890754

Responsibility statement

William Deresiewicz

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

Sub title

how six novels taught me about love, friendship, and the things that really matter

Summary

A self-styled intellectual rebel, William Deresiewicz never thought Jane Austen's novels had anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read Emma as a Columbia graduate student, something extraordinary happened. Austen's devotion to the everyday and her belief in the value of ordinary lives ignited something in him. Viewing the world through her eyes and treating people as generously, his life suddenly acquired the fascination of a novel

Table Of Contents

Emma: everyday matters -- Pride and prejudice: growing up -- Northanger Abbey: learning to learn -- Mansfield Park: being good -- Persuasion: true friends -- Sense and sensibility: falling in love -- The end of the story

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