Jane Austen and her Country-House Comedy

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Biography & Autobiography

Authors: William Henry Helm In Year : 1909

Book Language: English

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Chapter I - Dominant Qualities
Chapter II - Equipment and Method
Chapter III - Contact with Life
Chapter IV - Ethics and Optimism
Chapter V - The Impartial Satirist
Chapter VI - Personal and Topographical
Chapter VII - Influence in Literature

Written for the centenary of Jane Austen's death, W. H. Helm reflects poetically on the timelessness of her work: the must of age has not settled on her books. The lavender may lie between their pages, but it is still sweet. Helm briefly surveys Jane Austen's influences, literary contemporaries and themes. He is particularly interested in her ideas and characters, and his short book is fully of pithy quotes encapsulating "the best of Jane Austen". Summary by Beth Thomas