A lively illustrated collection of short essays on a wide range of aspects of Austen's life, work and times.

This wide-ranging and convincingly argued study looks at the issues of and attitudes towards slavery in Jane Austen's later novels and culture, and argues again

Jane Austen is unique among British novelists in maintaining her popular appeal while receiving more scholarly attention now than ever before. This innovative i

A comprehensive guide to Austen's works in the contexts of her contemporary world and present-day criticism.

'A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.' Caroline Criado-Perez,