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Life and Works of Jane Austen volume 18
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English
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Look at some of the forms of travel and leisure activities in Austen's fiction, and how entertainment was dictated by gender, money, and social class. See how travel outside the country was affected by the Napoleonic Wars. Also, gain invaluable insight into the rules of visiting, public dances, and other social occasions, which serve an important role in the novels.
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Life and Works of Jane Austen volume 22
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English
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As Jane Austen's health declined near the end of her life, she continued to work on a manuscript that she would never finish: a would-be seventh novel entitled Sanditon, which satirized health fads and introduced new complexities of character into her fiction. Despite only consisting of 11 incomplete chapters, this unfinished work nevertheless shows us a novelist at the height of her powers.
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Life and Works of Jane Austen volume 8
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English
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One of the two novels published after Austen's death, Northanger Abbey is Austen's love letter to the gothic novels of her youth. Look at the gothic tradition of the late 1700s and how Austen's gentle mocking of the melodramatic flourishes of the genre inform the experiences of her impressionable young heroine, Catherine Morland.
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Life and Works of Jane Austen volume 5
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English
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The most beloved of Austen's novels, Pride and Prejudice has a deeply devoted fanbase of both literary critics and everyday readers. Look at what makes this novel so popular and long-lived as you examine the humorous details of Austen's characters, the appeal of her heroine Elizabeth Bennet, the epigrammatic style of her prose, the book's emotionally resonant plot, and more.
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Life and Works of Jane Austen volume 14
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English
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A generation and more ago, critics accused Austen of ignoring the larger political events of the day in her fiction. That myth hasn't stood up to scrutiny. The early 19th century was a time of revolutions and upheaval, as Austen well knew and as her fiction demonstrations. In this episode, you will learn how Austen viewed the events of her day and how they influenced her life and fiction.
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Life and Works of Jane Austen volume 17
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English
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Take a tour of the finer points of Regency clothing and luxury items, and see how Austen uses descriptions of dress and accessories to make subtle (and not-so-subtle) observations on both the social status and the moral values of her characters. Better understand how "frivolous" distinctions about what one wears take on significant meanings in Austen's fiction.
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Life and Works of Jane Austen volume 15
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English
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Look at Austen's heroes and other men that populate her stories, and examine the professions available to well-born men of her day, especially in the clergy, the law, the military, and medicine. Although social class might dictate what kinds of labor were considered most acceptable for men, Austen considered employment and activity essential to good character.
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