A Truth Universally Acknowledged 33 Great

Why are we so fascinated with Jane Austenrs"s novels? Why is Austen so universally beloved? The essayists in this volume offer their thoughts on the delightful puzzle of Austenrs"s popularity. Classic and contemporary writers-novelists, essayists, journalists, scholars, and a filmmaker-discuss the tricks and treasures of Austenrs"s novels, from her witty dialogue, to the arc and sweep of her story lines, to her prescriptions for life and love. Virginia Woolf examines Austenrs"s maturation as an artist and speculates on how her writing would have changed had she lived another twenty years, while Anna Quindlen examines the enduring issues of social pressure and gender politics that make Pride and Prejudice as vital today as ever. From Harold Bloom to Martin Amis, Somerset Maugham to Jay McInerney, Eudora Welty to Amy Bloom, each writer reflects on Austenrs"s place in both the literary canon and our cultural imagination.

Susannah Carson is a doctoral candidate in French at Yale University. Her previous degrees include an M.Phil from the Sorbonne Paris III, as well as MAs from the Université Lyon II and San Francisco State University. She has lectured on various topics of English and French literature at Oxford, the University of Glasgow, Yale, Harvard, Concordia, and Boston University.

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Foreword	p. v
Introduction	p. xi
Why We Read Jane Austen: Young Persons in Interesting Situations	p. 3
The Radiance of Jane Austen	p. 9
Six Reasons to Read Jane Austen	p. 18
Jane Austen: The Six Novels	p. 22
A Life Among the Manuscripts: Following in the Steps of Dr. Chapman	p. 26
Reading Northanger Abbey	p. 36
On Sense and Sensibility	p. 45
From ôWhy We Read Jane Austenö	p. 57
Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice	p. 70
Force of Love: Pride and Prejudice	p. 83
The Nerds of Pride and Prejudice	p. 90
Austen Portrays a Small World with Humor and Detachment	p. 95
Pride and Prejudice and the Mysteries of Life	p. 100
A Note on Jane Austen	p. 104
Jane Austen and the Good Life	p. 116
What Became of Jane Austen?	p. 124
From ôJane Austen: Mansfield Parkö	p. 128
The Modest Art of Altering Life	p. 139
Let Others Deal with Misery	p. 144
Fanny Was Right: Jane Austen Moral Guide	p. 147
Why I Like Jane Austen	p. 156
Why Do We Read Jane Austen?	p. 163
The Girls Who Don't Say ôWhoo!ö	p. 175
Reading and Rereading Emma	p. 180
From ôEmma and the Legend of Jane Austenö	p. 188
The Perfections of Jane Austen	p. 200
From ôThe Myth of Limitationö	p. 213
Terrible Jane	p. 224
From ôCanonical Memory in Early	p. 230
Some Thoughts on the Craft of Austen's Persuasion	p. 240
Nothing but Himself	p. 252
Jane Austen at Sixty	p. 259
Beautiful Minds	p. 269
Notes	p. 279
Contributor Biographies	p. 287
Permissions Acknowledgments	p. 293
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