Jane Austen's philosophy of the virtues
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
c2005.
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Table of Contents:
- References to Jane Austen's works
- Introduction : how should I live my life?
- Ch. 1. The virtues according to Aristotle, Aquinas, and Austen
- Ch. 2. Propriety's claims on prudence in Lady Susan and Northanger Abbey
- Ch. 3. Sense and sensibility : "know your own happiness"
- Ch. 4. Pride and prejudice and the beauty of justice
- Ch. 5. Fanny price and the contemplative life
- Ch. 6. Learning the art of charity in Emma
- Ch. 7. Balancing the virtues in persuasion
- Conclusion : after Austen.