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Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage - marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not mere romances; ironic, comic and wise, they are masterly studies of the society Jane Austen observed. Sense and Sensibility | Pride and Prejudice | Mansfield Park | Emma | Northanger Abbey | Persuasion | Love and Freindship Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, she paints vivid portraits of English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage - marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not mere romances; ironic, comic and wise, they are masterly studies of the society Jane Austen observed. The seven books in this box set contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books Ltd
ISBN-139780141395203
eBay Product ID (ePID)208948287
Product Key Features
Book TitleJane Austen: the Complete Works
AuthorJane Austen
FormatMixed Media
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary Theory, Books
Publication Year2014
Dimensions
Item Height246 mm
Item Width212 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJane Austen
Series TitlePenguin Clothbound Classics