A Jane Austen education : how six novels taught me about love, friendship, and the things that really matter /

Deresiewicz, William, 1964-

A Jane Austen education : how six novels taught me about love, friendship, and the things that really matter / William Deresiewicz. - New York : Penguin Press, 2011. - 255 p. ; 22 cm.

Emma: everyday matters -- Pride and prejudice: growing up -- Northanger Abbey: learning to learn -- Mansfield Park: being good -- Persuasion: true friends -- Sense and sensibility: falling in love -- The end of the story.

A Jane Austen scholar reveals how the life lessons hidden within Austen's novels, including her belief in the value of ordinary lives, transformed his own life.

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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 --Appreciation.

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