Jane Austen: The Novels

This text takes extracts and examines "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma", "Mansfield Park" and "Persuasion" in close detail, bringing out the irony and implication in Jane Austen's writing. Using the tool of textual analysis, the text aims to teach the reader to explore the comedy of her narratives, and to inquire into the serious moral purpose that lies behind each of these four novels. This work is for A Level and first-year undergraduate students of English Literature and courses in the novel.