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Arguably, we can learn a lot from Jane Austen's finely crafted character studies of Regency era gentry. They are penetrating studies of the subtleties of commonplace virtue and vice. They are also informed by Austen’s Christian faith.
Dwight Lindley has picked some books to help the Catholic reader get the most out of Jane Austen (1775-1817), one of the finest and best-loved novelists in the English language.
Dwight Lindley is the Barbara Longway Briggs Chair in English Literature at Hillsdale College. He has published essays and articles on Jane Austen, George Eliot, John Henry Newman, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Virginia Woolf, and others. He lives in southern Michigan with his wife Emily and their nine children.
His recommended books are:
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage by B.C. Southam
- Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
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