Jane Austen and the Novel of Manners

The Novel of Manners deals with

• social convention

• the behaviour of social classes in their everyday situations

• love and freedom

• the relationship between the main caracter and society

The master of the Novel of manners is considered

• John Keats

• R.L. Stevenson

• Jane Austen

• Margaret Thatcher

Jane Austen's novels are usually set up in

• the upper and middle levels of society

• in the countryside

• in the lower levels of society

• in the city

The main themes of J. Austen's novels are

• marriage and love

• tea parties

• marriage and the complications of love and friendship

J. Austen in her novel uses

• The first person narrator

• the omniscient / third person narrator

• the stream of consciousness