Conduct Manuals and the Novels 9
2. Romantic Novels. 11
2.1. Introduction to the Novel. 11
2.2. The Novel of Manners, Sentiment and Emulation. 12
2.3 The Gothic Romance. 13
3. Jane Austen and Her Novels in relation to the Contemporary Literature. 15
3.1. Austen’s Criticism about the Contemporary Fiction. 15
3.2. Jane Austen as a Conservative Writer and as a Social Critic. 16
3.3. Austen’s writing in her own perception. 17
4. Pride and Prejudice. 20