First published in 1965, this reissuedwork by Wendy Craik provides a thorough and extensive study of Jane Austen's six complete novels: Northanger Abbey, Senseand Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion. This is a truly groundbreaking study of Austen which, in addition to a close analysis of the novels themselves, alsogoes on investigatethe principles by which Jane Austen selected and arrangedher material.