"In this brilliant study of Jane Austen's fiction, Rita J. Dashwood deftly illuminates the complexity of women's relationships to nineteenth-century property, by considering not only houses and estates, but law, inheritance, management, interior spaces, and feelings. Women and Property Ownership in Jane Austen, which breaks important new ground in Austen studies, will appeal to newcomers and seasoned readers alike." (Professor Devoney Looser, Professor of English, Arizona State University) "Combining meticulous close reading with a thorough knowledge of contemporary debates,...