Miniatures and Morals

Dr. Leithart has provided a superb tool for understanding literature from which we have grown detached. Jane Austen's timeless popularity can be seen in the many adaptations of her novels. However, she is far more than just a romance writer! Strongly influenced by influential men of thought and morals, such as Samuel Johnson, Austen was able to create vivid, memorable, and beloved characters whose stories demonstrate the principles her favorite authors wrote about in essays.

Leithart reveals her mastery of fiction and her concern for Christian virtues, laying them out with study tools to aid students in finding and exploring the evidence for themselves. What we don't readily see is made quite clear with this helpful work, causing these classic works by Jane Austen to become not only delightful, but also profound.