{"product_id":"jane-austen-and-the-morality-of-conversation-9781843311027","title":"Jane Austen and the Morality of Conversation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important study investigates how Austen worked with, and played upon, the cracks and faultlines which time had uncovered in the ideals of polite conversation. In a wide-ranging argument combining intellectual history and literary stylistics, Bharat Tandon explores such activities as flirtation and ventriloquism, in order to show how a form of conversational morality is what Austen's novels both describe and set out to achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tandon has written a magisterial work.' —'Choice Magazine'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book brimming with insights and many acute perceptions... Bharat Tandon outlines a refreshing redirection for Austen studies.' —'Times Literary Supplement'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Plates and Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The Morality of Conversation; Interlude. Differential Narrative: Austen's Early Fiction; 2. Flirting; 3. Throwing the Voice; 4. Habit and Habitation; Notes; Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042937307479,"sku":"9781843311027","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781843311027.jpg?v=1750956308","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jane-austen-and-the-morality-of-conversation-9781843311027","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}