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The Annotated Sense and Sensibility

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by Jane Austen


  Pennington, Sarah, An Unfortunate Mother’s Advice to Her Absent Daughters (London, 1770)

  Trusler, John, Principles of Politeness, and of Knowing the World, in Two Parts (London, 1800)

  Ideas of the Gentleman

  Carter, Philip, Men and the Emergence of Polite Society, Britain 1660–1800 (Harlow, Essex, 2001)

  Castronovo, David, The English Gentleman: Images and Ideals in Literature and Society (New York, 1987)

  Dueling and Clubs

  Baldick, Robert, The Duel: A History of Duelling (London, 1965)

  Clark, Peter, British Clubs and Societies, 1580–1800: The Origins of an Associational World (Oxford, 2000)

  Fullerton, Susannah, Jane Austen and Crime (Madison, 2006)

  Kiernan, V. G., The Duel in European History: Honour and the Reign of Aristocracy (Oxford, 1988)

  Maps

  Plymouth: Town near which Lucy Steele’s uncle Mr. Pratt lives.

  Devonshire: County containing Plymouth, Exeter, and Barton, where Mrs. Dashwood’s family and the Middletons reside.

  Exeter: Town four miles south of Barton.

  Bristol: City, just north of the Palmers’ residence.

  Bath: Leading resort town; where Willoughby seduces Eliza Williams.

  Marlborough: Town where Willoughby stops on his trip from London.

  Reading: Town on the route from London to the Palmers’.

  Sussex: County containing Norland, the Dashwood estate.

  Dartford: Town near which Robert Ferrars visits his friends the Elliotts.

  Norfolk: County containing the estate Mrs. Ferrars bequeaths to Robert.

  Plymouth, Devonshire, Exeter, Bath: See this page.

  Dawlish: Seaside resort that Robert Ferrars wishes to visit.

  Honiton: First important stop traveling east from Barton.

  Somersetshire: County in which Willoughby and the Palmers live (the latter are at the northern edge, just below Bristol).

  Dorsetshire: County containing Colonel Brandon’ residence.

  Weymouth: Seaside resort that Mrs. Palmer visits.

  Kensington Gardens: Where Elinor drives with Mrs. Jennings, and sees Lucy Steele.

  Mayfair: Wealthy and fashionable area where most of the nove’s characters reside while in London.

  Marylebone: Fashionable area that developed after Mayfair did; Mrs. Jennings and John and Fanny Dashwood live there.

  Bond Street: See next page.

  St. James: Old aristocratic area where Colonel Brandon resides, and Edword stays briefly.

  Exeter Exchange: Popular zoo where John and Fanny Dashwood take their son, Harry, on their first full day in London.

  Drury Lane: One of the two principal London theaters; where John Dashwood tells Willoughby of Marianne’s illness.

  Bartlett’s Buildings: Small street where the Miss Steeles spend most of their time in London, staying with their cousins.

  The City: Principal commercial section of London.

  Berkeley Street: Where Mrs. Jennings lives, and where Elinor and Marianne stay when in London.

  Harley Street: Where John and Fanny Dashwood reside in London.

  Park Street: Where Mrs. Ferrars live.

  Hanover Square: Where the Palmers reside in London.

  Bond Street: Main Shopping street, and where Willoughby lives.

  Conduit Street: Where the Middletons reside in London.

  Sackville Street: Location of Gray’s jewelry shop, where Elinor meets John Dashwood.

  St. James Street: Where Colonel Brandon is staying.

  Pall Mall: Where Edward Ferrars resides briefly.

  The Annotated

  PERSUASION

  Annotated and Edited by

  DAVID M. SHAPARD

  David M. Shapard is the author of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice and The Annotated Persuasion. He graduated with a Ph.D. in European History from the University of California at Berkeley; his specialty was the eighteenth century. Since then he has taught at several colleges. He lives in upstate New York.

  ALSO EDITED BY DAVID SHAPARD

  * * *

  David Shapard’s annotated editions of Jane Austen’s classics are a sheer delight. Alongside the novel, his annotations present historical context; citations from Austen’s life, letters, and writings; definitions and clarifications of the text; literary comments and analysis; maps and illustrations; in addition to a bibliography and a detailed chronology of events.

  THE ANNOTATED PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

  This first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels: here is the complete text of Pride and Prejudice with more than 2,300 annotations on facing pages. Of course, one can enjoy the novel without knowing the precise definition of a gentleman, or what it signifies that a character drives a coach rather than a hack chaise, or the rules governing social interaction at a ball, but readers of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice will find that these details add immeasurably to understanding and enjoying the intricate psychological interplay of Austen’s immortal characters.

  Fiction/Literature

  THE ANNOTATED PERSUASION

  The Annotated Persuasion gives us an even more satisfying and fulfilling read of Austen’s novel. Here is the complete text of Persuasion with hundreds of annotations on facing pages. Packed with all kinds of illuminating information—from what Bath and Lyme looked like at the time to how “bathing machines” at seaside resorts were used to how Wentworth could have made a fortune from the Napoleonic Wars—Shapard’s delightfully entertaining edition brings Austen’s novel of second chances vividly to life.

  Fiction/Literature

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