Synopsis Jane Austen is the English writer, who first gave the novel its modern character through the treatment of everyday life. The following chapters are included in this book highlighting her life and literary works. Jane Austen: an Overview; Jane Austen and the Riches of Embarrassment; Jane Austen and the Sin of Pride; The Sense and Sensibility of Betrayal: Discovering the Meaning of Treachery through Jane Austen; Closure and Disclosure: The Significance of Conversation in Jane Austen’s ‘The Watsons’; The Labor of the Leisured in Emma: Class, Manners and Austen; Jane austen’s Rejection of Rousseau: A Novelistic and Feminist Initiation; Society and the Superflouous Female: Jane Austen’s Treatment of Widowhood; “Improper and Dangerous Distinctions”: Female Relations and Erotic Domination in ‘Emma’; etc. This will prove an ideal reference work for students and teachers alike.