A historian's insight into Jane Austen's novels, fascinating and even-handed.  An analysis of each novel. Chapters on moral code, church and clergy, rank and status, marriage. Brooke knows his subject extraordinarily well. Was Austen a didactic writer? Beautiful DJ. Like new. 1999. DS Brewer, Cambridge, UK/Boydell & Brewer. 224 pgs. HB, DJ, USED. $65.00