Jane Austens possessions and dispossessions : the significance of objects Austen possessions and dispossessions Sense and sensibility: giving and taking Pride and prejudice: general impressions Mansfield Park: everything has its price Emma: the obliged and the obligated Persuasion: loss and retrieval Northanger Abbey: signs taken for wonders The early writing and fragments Juvenilia Lady Susan The Watsons Sanditon The land and the big house Conclusion