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In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade, Jane Austen used the romantic endeavours of her well-plotted characters as a stage from which to address issues of gender politics and class-consciousness rarely expressed in her day. The novels included in this beautiful leatherbound... read more
Books in This Collection
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen (Author)'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security.' Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two...
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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen (Author)The proud and wealthy Mr. Darcy and spirited Elizabeth Bennet dislike each other at first sight. While Elizabeth's mother schemes for suitable husbands for her five daughters, his pride and her prejudice just might keep them apart.
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Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen (Author)Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the...
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Emma
by Jane Austen (Author)This Jane Austen novel begins with twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse comfortably dominating the social order in the village of Highbury, convinced that she has both the understanding and the right to manage other people’s lives — for their own...
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Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen (Author)In many respects, Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage.
Jane Austen’s first novel, Northanger Abbey—published posthumously in...
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Persuasion
by Jane Austen (Author)Anne Elliot is living under the spectre of regret. Many years ago, she was convinced to break off an engagement to a penniless Mr. Frederick Wentworth. Now, he has returned as the rich and successful Captain Wentworth, hero of the Napoleonic...
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Lady Susan
by Jane Austen (Author)Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. A magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will...
Characters/People edit
- Elinor Dashwood: The eldest sister in Sense & Sensibility.
- Marianne Dashwood: Middle sister in Sense & Sensibilty. She gives vent to her emotions more often then her sister.
- Jane Bennet: The oldest of five daughters in Pride & Prejudice. Considered the prettiest of them all.
- Elizabeth Bennet: Add a description of this character.
- Mr Darcy
- Mary Bennet
- Fanny Price: Main character in Mansfield Park.
- Edmund Bertram: Fanny's cousin whom she's in love with.
- Mary Crawford: Sister of Henry. Edmund likes her but for her attitude towards his wanting to be a clergyman.
- Henry Crawford
- Emma Woodhouse: The 21 year - old title charecter. She's the only heroine of a Jane Austin novel with no need to marry for any other reason but love.
- Mr. Woodhouse
- Mr. Knightley
- Catherine Morland: The 17 year old heroine of the story. She loves reading Gothic novels and - for a while - allows these to shape her view of the things happening around her.
- Henry Tilney
- Anne Elliot: Central charecter of the novel. When she's 27 she comes back in contact with the man she was persuaded to break off her engagement with when she was 19.
- Captain Wentworth: The man Anne fell in love with, but was pursuaded from marrying, 8 years before the start of the story.
- Sir Walter Elliot: Anne's father. Vain and self-centered.
- William Elliot: Anne's cousin and heir to Sir Walter's estate.
First Sentence edit
Almost two hundred years after her novels were published, Jane Austen still ranks as one of the most influential and most beloved novelists of the English language.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Emma
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
Lady Susan
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jane Austen (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Sarah S. G. Frantz (Introduction)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Barnes and Nobles
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 143510319X
Page Count: 1232
Publisher: Barnes and Nobles
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 143510319X
Page Count: 1232
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