Jane Austen's Names: Riddles, Persons, Places
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In Jane Austen's works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters and places are as rich in subtle meaning as her prose itself. Wiltshire, for example, the home county of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey, is a clue that this heroine is not as stupid as she seems: according to legend, cunning Wiltshire residents caught hiding contraband in a pond capitalized on a reputation for ignorance by claiming they...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:022641910X
ISBN13:9780226419107
Release Date:October 2016
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:440 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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