The Strategy of Silence: Jane Austen's Last Heroines

The Strategy of Silence - Jane Austen's Last Heroines explores the condition of women deprived of means, independence, and emotional support in Jane Austen's later novels: Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion.

In these works, Austen portrays heroines whose moral strength and emotional depth unfold through restraint, reflection, and silence. Alessandra Quattrocchi examines the refined literary strategies Austen employs to give voice to women living within strict social and economic constraint...