Jane Austen

<p>Jane Austen is one of England's most enduringly popular authors renowned for her subtle observations of the provincial middle classes of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England.<br>This guide to Austen's much-loved work offers: </p><ul> <li>an accessible introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of Austen's texts including film adaptations from publication to the present</li> <li>an introduction to key critical texts and perspectives on Austen's life and work situated within a broader critical history</li> <li>cross-references between sections of the guide in order to suggest links between texts contexts and criticism</li> <li>suggestions for further reading.</li> </ul><p>Part of the <em>Routledge Guides to Literature</em> series this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Jane Austen and seeking not only a guide to her works but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.</p>