The functions of the dysfunctional family : Northanger Abbey, Sense and sensibility, Pride and prejudice -- Spoilt children : Pride and prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma -- Usefulness and exertion : mothers and sisters in Sense and sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion -- Money and Mansfield Park -- Speech and silence in Emma -- Dandies, beauties and Persuasion
"Jane Austen's Families" focuses on family dynamics in Jane Austen's six novels, especially on interaction between parents and children. It examines with particular care the relations of fathers and daughters