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My only cavil with the book is the Monaghan sometimes falls into the habit of attempting to organize the author's works as if they were a lecture series or necessary represented a changing trajectory of thought. Given Austen's maturity when her works were published in their final form, I doubt that she actually changed her mind very much. And I wonder how many authors actually plan their works as a series.
I suppose that we all chose the Jane Austen that we prefer, and I prefer the woman who's penetrating clarity and lack of sentimental delusion has startled a number of her readers. I further like to think that Austen had a complex view of the world and could see both the problems and advantages of say, a hereditary ruling class. I doubt that she had any simple view of almost anything: social class, children, marriage. I am one of those who think that she sympathized with Charlotte Lucas' reasons for accepting Mr. Collins' proposal, even if she deplored the situations that this lead to. If the representatives of the gentry, for example, were more sympathetically portrayed in one book that another, I believe that was not because she had changed her mind, but because she chose to view a different side of the issue.
The book contains an index, but no bibliography other than the notes. The notes themselves are nicely done, with the sections headed by the same running title that appears on the pages so that they are easy to match up. These notes continue additional factual information, so the reader will want to check them from time to time. ( )