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.