Jane Austen's Names: Riddles, Persons, Places

by Margaret Doody

Book Overview

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"