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What Matters in Jane Austen?

Twenty Essential Questions Answered
By John Mullan
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250TH BIRTHDAY EDITION ‘Almost as good as finding an unpublished novel’ The Lady 'Any new book on Austen raises the urgent question, Would I get more pleasure from reading this than from re-reading my favourite Austen novel? You'll know after a few pages here that you've... Read More
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What Matters in Jane Austen?

From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world

A gorgeous new edition of John Mullan's classic work on Jane Austen, to mark the 250th anniversary of Austen's birth

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250TH BIRTHDAY EDITION

‘Almost as good as finding an unpublished novel’ The Lady

'Any new book on Austen raises the urgent question, Would I get more pleasure from reading this than from re-reading my favourite Austen novel? You'll know after a few pages here that you've made the right choice' Sunday Times

Is there any sex in Jane Austen? Why do her plots rely on blunders? Which important characters never actually speak?

In twenty short chapters, each of which answers a question prompted by Jane Austen's novels, John Mullan illuminates the themes that matter most to the workings of Austen's fiction. Inspired by an enthusiastic reader's curiosity, based on a lifetime's study and written with flair and insight, What Matters in Jane Austen? uncovers the hidden truth about an extraordinary fictional world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526693945

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 385g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

John Mullan is Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London. He has published widely on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, his books including The Artful Dickens (Bloomsbury, 2020). He has edited Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and Emma for Oxford World’s Classics. He is also a broadcaster and journalist, writing on contemporary fiction for the Guardian. He has taught Austen to university students for over three decades, and has lectured widely to lovers of her fiction in both the UK and the US. He lives in London.

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