
What Matters in Jane Austen
Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
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Narrated by:
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Paul Collins
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By:
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John Mullan
Which important Austen characters never speak? Is there any sex in Austen? What do the characters call one another, and why? What are the right and wrong ways to propose marriage? In What Matters in Jane Austen?, John Mullan shows that we can best appreciate Austen's brilliance by looking at the intriguing quirks and intricacies of her fiction. Asking and answering some very specific questions about what goes on in her novels, he reveals the inner workings of their greatness.
In 20 short chapters, each of which explores a question prompted by Austen’s novels, Mullan illuminates the themes that matter most in her beloved fiction. Listeners will discover when Austen's characters had their meals and what shops they went to; how vicars got good livings; and how wealth was inherited. What Matters in Jane Austen? illuminates the rituals and conventions of her fictional world in order to reveal her technical virtuosity and daring as a novelist. It uses telling passages from Austen's letters and details from her own life to explain episodes in her novels: listeners will find out, for example, what novels she read, how much money she had to live on, and what she saw at the theater.
Written with flair and based on a lifetime's study, What Matters in Jane Austen? will allow listeners to appreciate Jane Austen's work in greater depth than ever before.
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Remarkable!
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Great for Austen Fans
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John Mullan writes with humor, and a conversational, rather than purely academic, style. After listening to it in audio, I bought the book so I can read sections again.
Intriguing details and background
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For Austen Lovers Who Want To Know More
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What matters is a helpful and very fun book
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The narration is not appropriate and does not enhance the book. The reader sounds too much like he's reading the news. It makes the content comes across as flat and I think it impacts the overall impression of this audiobook.
Interesting, but not for everyone
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Wonderful Study!
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Interesting book let down by the narration
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Enhances the enjoyment of rereading Austen’s works!
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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
The subject matter was interesting but the narrator sounded as if he was reading it aloud for the first time during most of the narration, and although I love dear Jane, by the end of it I was trying to just not fall asleep. Only ardent Janeites will be able to get through this one.Just okay
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