A Jane Austen Education - How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really MatterWilliam Deresiewicz turns to Austen's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humour and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily married man, this is the story of one man's discovery of the world outside himself. Deresiewicz never thought Austen's novels would have anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read "Emma" as a graduate student at Columbia, something extraordinary happened: he began viewing the world through Austen's eyes. His life suddenly acquired all the fascination of a novel. His real education had finally begun.