{"product_id":"what-matters-in-jane-austen-twenty-essential-questions-answered-hardcover","title":"What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Essential Questions Answered - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Mullan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An Austen lover's greatest wish is for more of her novels. This intimate guide to the world of her books in the next best thing.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, \u003ci\u003eWhat Matters in Jane Austen?\u003c\/i\u003e solves the mysteries of Austen's fictional world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs there any sex in Jane Austen?\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the right and wrong ways to propose marriage?\u003cbr\u003eWhich important characters never actually speak? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane Austen's novels have been a staple of the English canon since the nineteenth century. Yet critics of the time did not appreciate the true complexity of her work. Nothing, John Mullan argues, is accidental or coincidental in Austen. As Austen herself said, she wrote for readers who have \"a great deal of ingenuity themselves.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Matters in Jane Austen?\u003c\/i\u003e gets to the heart of what it is that makes Austen's work so singular. In twenty chapters, answering questions her novels have posed for over two centuries, Mullan uncovers the hidden truth of an extraordinary fictional world and reveals the true brilliance-and underappreciated complexity-of Austen's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane Austen is the author of classics including \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e. 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth, and this beautiful, insightful book is the perfect gift for every Austen fan.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Mullan\u003c\/b\u003e is Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London. He has published widely on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, including \u003ci\u003eThe Artful Dickens \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2020). He has edited Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEmma \u003c\/i\u003efor Oxford World's Classics. He is also a broadcaster and journalist, writing on contemporary fiction for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught Austen to university students for over three decades and lectured widely to lovers of her fiction in both the UK and the US. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 8.05 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337045500269,"sku":"9781526693945","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/JicxpxsjM69781526693945.webp?v=1778922912","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/what-matters-in-jane-austen-twenty-essential-questions-answered-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}