Plot devices in Jane Austen's novels : Sense and sensibility, Pride and prejudice and Persuasion : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University

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Plot devices in Jane Austen's novels : Sense and sensibility, Pride and prejudice and Persuasion : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University

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This thesis evaluates various plot devices occurring in three novels by Jane Austen. The novels studied are Sense and Sensibility (1811) , Pride and Prejudice (1813), and Persuasion (1818). I have chosen novels from different periods of Jane Austen's career as a novelist. One of the novels, Pride and Prejudice is regarded as having a virtually flawless plot, while both Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion are considered to have major plot flaws. To evaluate Jane Austen's use of plot devices, ...

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Thesis

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Masters

Date created

1981

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Brooker, Jane Elizabeth

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/6656

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Jane Austen / Sense and sensibility (Novel) / Pride and prejudice (Novel) / Persuasion (Novel) / Plots (in fiction) / 19th century literature

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