The Cambridge companion to Jane Austen

Preface / Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster

Chronology of Jane Austen's life / Deirdre Le Faye

1. The professional woman writer / Jan Fergus

2. Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility / Thomas Keymer

3. Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park / Jocelyn Harris

4. Emma and Persuasion / Penny Gay

5. The early short fiction / Margaret Anne Doody

6. 'Lady Susan', 'The Watsons' and 'Sanditon' / Janet Todd

7. The letters / Carol Houlihan Flynn

8. Class / Juliet McMaster

9. Money / Edward Copeland

10. Making a living / David Selwyn

11. Gender / E.J. Clery

12. Sociability / Gillian Russell

13. Jane Austen and literary traditions / Isobel Grundy

14. Jane Austen on screen / Kathryn Sutherland

15. Austen cults and cultures / Claudia Johnson

16. Further reading / Bruce Stovel and Mary M. Chan.

Chronology of Jane Austen's life / Dierdre Le Faye

Professional woman writer / Jan Fergus

Northanger Abbey, Sense and sensibility, Pride and prejudice / Rachel M. Brownstein

Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion / John Wiltshire

Short fiction / Margaret Ann Doody

Letters / Carol Houlihan Flynn

Class / Juliet McMaster

Money / Edward Copeland

Religion and politics / Gary Kelly

Style / John F. Burrows

Jane Austen and literary traditions / Isobel Grundy

Austen cults and cultures / Claudia L. Johnson

Further reading / Bruce Stovel.