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Reading Jane Austen

by Jenny Davidson

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Heredity
by Jenny Davidson

The Explosionist
by Jenny Davidson

Invisible Things
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The Magic Circle
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Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen
by Jenny Davidson

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Literary Nonfiction

Reading Jane Austen

by Jenny Davidson

Other books by Jenny Davidson

Heredity by Jenny Davidson

The Explosionist by Jenny Davidson

Invisible Things by Jenny Davidson

The Magic Circle by Jenny Davidson

Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen by Jenny Davidson

Breeding: A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century by Jenny Davidson

Our most recommended books

The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor by Jean Mohr & John Berger

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

Nueva Enciclopedia by Alberto Savinio

The Way of the World by Nicolas Bouvier

The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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Heredity
by Jenny Davidson

The Explosionist
by Jenny Davidson

Invisible Things
by Jenny Davidson

The Magic Circle
by Jenny Davidson

Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen
by Jenny Davidson

Breeding: A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century
by Jenny Davidson

The Road to Oxiana
by Robert Byron

A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor
by Jean Mohr & John Berger

The Quiet American
by Graham Greene

Nueva Enciclopedia
by Alberto Savinio

The Way of the World
by Nicolas Bouvier

The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard