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Jane Austen and the rise of the woman novelist (2008 Reading List)
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To read in advance:

F. Burney, Evelina (1778); ed. Stewart Cooke (1998).

 

Although students are encouraged to have read the course texts before arrival, they are required to have read only Burney’s Evelina and one other text in its entirety and have a familiarity with the remainder.

 

Additional reading:

J. Austen, Emma (1816).

 

—— Mansfield Park (1814).

 

—— Northanger Abbey (1818).

 

—— Persuasion (1818).

 

—— Pride and prejudice (1813).

 

—— Sense and sensibility (1811).

 

A. Radcliffe, The mysteries of Udolpho (1794); ed. B. Dobree (1998).

 

The best editions of Austen’s novels are the Norton Critical Readers and the Broadview Editions. Otherwise please use Penguin or Oxford World’s Classics.