Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

A Note on Texts

Part I. England

Chapter 1. Words, Names, Persons, and Places

Chapter 2. Names as History: Invasion, Migration, War, and Conflict

Chapter 3. Civil War, Ruins, and the Conscience of the Rich

Part II. Names

Chapter 4. Naming People: First Names, Nicknames, Titles, and Rank

Chapter 5. Titles, Status, and Surnames: Austen’s Great Surname Matrix

Chapter 6. Personal Names (First Names and Surnames) in the “Steventon” Novels

Chapter 7. Personal Names in the “Chawton” Novels

Part III. Places

Chapter 8. Humans Making and Naming a Landscape

Chapter 9. Placing the Places

Chapter 10. Counties, Towns, Villages, Estates: Real and Imaginary Places in the “Steventon” Novels

Chapter 11. Real and Imaginary Places in the “Chawton” Novels

Conclusion

Notes

Index