Language: English
Author: Atma Ram
Description: This book examines the impact of Jane Austen the woman on Jane Austen the novelist, offering a perceptive study of her letters and life-records to illuminate her ideals about family life and relationships and to reveal facets of her personality reflected in her novels. It also attempts to analyze her art within its historical context. The first chapter provides a critical account of the rise of the woman novelist, followed by an essay that attempts a portrait of Jane Austen herself. Her outlook on women and their problems is then examined in specific, suggestive details. Subsequent essays focus on the beginnings of her novels, her concept of woman, and the feminist trends in her work, while later sections study her perspectives on love, money, and marriage in some detail. A critical analysis of parent–child relationships in her novels is also presented, and the concluding chapter highlights the nature and scope of her work. The volume thus offers a fuller understanding and deeper appreciation of Jane Austen, making it significant both for scholars and general readers through its lucid and thorough treatment of this major British author.