Jane Austen's Possessions and Dispossessions

Sandie Byrne is University Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Oxford and Director of Studies in English Literature and Creative Writing at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, UK. She is the author of a number of articles and books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century writing.

List of Abbreviations A note on the texts Introduction 1. Austen Possessions and Dispossessions 2. Sense and Sensibility Giving and Taking 3. Pride and Prejudice : General Impressions 4. Mansfield Park Benevolence and Gratitude 5. Emma The Obliged and the Obligated 6. Persuasion Loss and Retrieval 7. Northanger Abbey Signs taken for Wonders 8. The Early Writing and Fragments 9. The Land and the Big House Conclusion Bibliography Index