Jane Austen and her Country-house Comedy

DOMINANT QUALITIESJane Austen''s abiding freshness—Why she has not more readers—Characteristics of her work—Absence of passion—Balzac, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë—Jane in her home circle—Her tranquil nature—Her unselfishness—Compared with Dorothy Osborne—Prudent heroines—Thoughtless admirationEQUIPMENT AND METHODLiterary influences—Jane Austen''s defence of novelists—The old essayists—Her fa...