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1800797427 pdf The author has undoubtedly carried out a thorough re-evaluation and interpretation of property ownership and its multiple manifestations. (Hazel Jones, The Jane Austen Society, August 2023) In this brilliant study of Jane Austens fiction, Rita J. Dashwood deftly illuminates the complexity of womens relationships to nineteenth-century property, by considering not only houses and estates, but law, inheritance, management, interior spaces, and feelings. Women and Property Ownership in Jane Austen, which breaks important new ground in Austen studies, will appeal to newcomers and seasoned readers alike. (Professor Devoney Looser, Professor of English, Arizona State University) Read more