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With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtleexploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen'smost flawless work, this Penguin Threads edition includes cover artby Jillian Tamaki and deluxe french flaps...

This versionincludes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created.We, therefore, bestow no mean compliment upon the author of Emma, when we say that, keeping close to common incidents, an4 to such characters as occupy the ordinary walks of life, she has produced sketches of such spirit and originality, that we never miss the excitation which depends upon a narrative of uncommon events, arising from the consideration of minds, manners and sentiments, greatly above our own. In this class she stands almost alone ; for the scenes of Miss Edgeworth are laid in higher life, varied by more romantic incident, and by her remarkable power of embodying and illustrating national character. But the author of "Emma" confines herself chiefly to the middling classes of society ; her most distinguished characters do not rise greatly above well-bred country gentlemen and ladies ; and those which are sketched with most originality and precision, belong to a class rather below that standard. - Sir Walter Scott."Emma," perhaps, is the work upon which most suffrages would meet as the most perfect of all her performances. - Margaret Oliphant.

"Pride and Prejudice" ranks as one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, delighting generations of readers with its high comedy, social observation and compelling romance, and spawning an entire industry of spin-off books, film adaptations and works of literary criticism. The pride of aristocratic Mr Darcy, and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet, conduct a compelling dance through the rigid society of early 19th century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing as their union seems ever more improbable. With a host of Bennet sisters playing out their own triumphs and disasters, and the unforgettable tragicomedy of their parents' marriage demonstrating just how high the stakes can be, Jane Austen's second novel leaves a lasting legacy in the mind of everyone who reads it.

This version includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created.To contend, however, for a moment that the present volume is Miss Austens greatest, as it was her first published, novel, would be a mere exercise in paradox. There are, who swear by "Persuasion;" there are, who prefer "Emma" and " Mansfield Park ;" there is a large contingent for "Priide and Prejudice;" and there is even a section which advocates the pre-eminence of Nor thanger Abbey." But no one, as far as we can remember, has ever put "Sense and Sensibility" first, nor can I believe that its author did so herself. And yet it is she herself who has furnished the standard by which we judge it, and it is by comparison with "Pride and Prejudice," in which the leading characters are also two sisters, that we assess and depress its merit. The Elinor and Marianne of "Sense an Sensibility" are only inferior when they are contrasted with the Elizabeth and Jane of "Pride and Prejudice;" and even then, it is probably because we personally like the handsome and amiable Jane Bennet rather better than the obsolete survival of the sentimental novel represented by Marianne Dashwood. Darcy and Bingley again are much more "likeable" (to use Lady Queensberrys word) than the colourless Edward Ferrars and the stiff-jointed Colonel Brandon. - Austin Dobson.

The Juvenilia are the early works of Jane Austen, small essays, poems or plays that she compiled in three hand-written notebooks. This edition includes the following works:Frederic & ElfridaJack & AliceEdgar And Emma: A TaleHenry And ElizaThe Adventures Of Mr. HarleySir William MountagueMemoirs Of Mr. Clifford: An Unfinished TaleThe Beautifull CassandraAmelia WebsterThe Visit: A Comedy In Two ActsThe Mystery: An Unfinished ComedyThe Three Sisters... and many more ...

When Anne Elliot chances upon Captain Wentworth, a suitor she was persuaded to reject seven years earlier, she begins to reflect upon her past decisions and contemplate her marital future. Vividly depicting the society holiday towns of Lyme Regis and Bath and infused with its authors trademark wit, this is an entertaining and enduring account of the dilemmas facing young women. Thoroughly annotated, this edition also includes a review of Jane Austens life and works, complete with anecdotes and critical perspectives.

This version includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created.How well I recall the greatest literary pleasure of my life, its time and place ! A dreary winters day without, within a generous heat and glow from the flaming grate, and I reclining at my ease on the library lounge, Mansfield Park" in hand. Then succeed four solid hours of literary bliss, and an absorption so great that when I mechanically close the book at the last page it is only by the severest effort that I come back to the real world of pleasant indoors and bleak outdoors. I was amazed that I, a hardened fiction reader, should be so transported by this gentle tale of Miss Austens, and yet I enjoyed to the full the after-taste of her perfect realistic art. This first enthusiasm, however, soon abated, and I began to see flaws, to note *the prolixity and unevenness of the work, and to feel that it was almost school-girlish in tone and sentiment. While the verisimilitude is, indeed, fascinating, the realization is far from profound. And. the characters are too one-sided for full human beings - are only puppets, each pulled by a single string. Edmund Bertram is, perhaps, the most woodeny of these marionettes. Lady Bertram, the languid beauty, seems often overdrawn. Mrs. Norris is a perfect busybody, but a pettiness so absolutely consistent at length rouses our suspicions and irritates us. We feel that human nature, outside of the madhouse, does not fulfill the single types so completely. But in Fanny Price we find no flaw or artistic presentment. Here comes before our eyes a real, a free, a complex human being. ... I am acquainted with no more charming figure in fiction than Fanny; she is so completely, perfectly, deliciously feminine in instinct, feeling, manner and intelligence. - Hiram Stanley

Emma Woodhouse is beautiful clever and rich. She lives alone with her father and spends a lot of her time thinking about future husbands - for her friends. When she meets Harriet Smith a poor girl with no family Emma decides that she must find a husband for her. Harriet is pleased to be Emma unknown

Enduringly popular, treasured and enjoyed, the seven great novels of Jane Austen beautifully repackaged in this stunning new trade paperback edition.

This book contains the complete novels of Jane Austen in the chronological order of their original publication.. Lady Susan. Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice . Mansfield Park. Emma. Persuasion. Northanger Abbey. The Watson2019 Jane Austen (P)2019 Page2Page

Penguin Classics completes the set of Austen´s novels in this beautiful clothbound series, with covers by award-winning Penguin designer Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Penguin Classics completes the set of Austen´s novels in this beautiful clothbound series, with covers by award-winning Penguin designer Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne.

Jane Austen - Lady Susan is a magnificently crafted (and frequently provocative) novel of Regency customs and manners, which has become a readers favorite among the authors shorter works. Austen enthusiasts and students of English literature will delight in its wit and elegant expression.

Published posthumously, this early work is a satire on the Gothic mode typified by the novels of Ann Radcliffe, as well as a witty comedy of manners in the style of Jane Austens later novels and, ultimately, an enchanting love story Published posthumously, this early work is a satire on the Gothic mode typified by the novels of Ann Radcliffe, as well as a witty comedy of manners in the style of Jane Austens later novels and, ultimately, an enchanting love story While enjoying a six weeks stay in fashionable Bath, the young and callow Catherine Morland is introduced to the delights of high society. Thanks to a new literary diet of the sensational and the macabre, Catherine travels to Northanger Abbey fully expecting to become embroiled in a Gothic adventure of intrigue and suspense and, once there, soon begins to form the most gruesome and improbable theories about the exploits of its occupants. This edition includes pictures and an extensive section about the author's life and works.