Jane Austen. A Very Short Introduction

Jane Austen wrote six of the best-loved novels in the English language, as well as a smaller corpus of works unpublished in her day. She pioneered new techniques for representing voices, minds, and hearts in narrative prose, and was a penetrating satirist of social tensions and trends. In this Very Short Introduction, Tom Keymer combines critical introductions to each of Austen's major novels with an exploration of the themes of Austen's writing.
Keymer considers how Austen reveals the literary, social, and political tensions from which the novels emerge, and analyses how her writing continues to charm and impact readers to the present day.