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Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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Abbreviations
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Dear Aunt Jane: Putting Her Down and Touching Her Up
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2
Beware of Swoons: Jane Austen's Early Writings
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Only Genius, Wit, and Taste: Northanger Abbey
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An Excellent Heart: Sense and Sensibility
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The Liveliness of Your Mind: Pride and Prejudice
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All the Heroism of Principle: Mansfield Park
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An Imaginist Like Herself: Emma
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The Advantage of Maturity of Mind: Persuasion
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Behold Me Immortal: Finding Jane Austen Today
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Appendix A
A Barkeeper Entering the Kingdom of Heaven: Did Mark Twain Really Hate Jane Austen?
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Appendix B
Full Text of Mark Twain's "Jane Austen"
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Notes
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Selected Bibliography
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Index
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