Jane Austen: Four Classic Novels

By Jane Austen

Elegant, sophisticated, and full of humor and romance, the novels of Jane Austen have been favorites of readers around the world for more than two centuries. Although set at the turn of the nineteenth century, in the England that she herself knew, Austen’s characters espouse values and sentiments that still speak to modern sensibilities. No author has captured so vividly the affairs of hearts in conflict with class and social convention.

This volume features four of Jane Austen’s best-loved works:

• Sense and Sensibility. The Dashwood sisters—Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret— follow their hearts and heads in varying degrees as they seek suitors appropriate for their affections.
• Pride and Prejudice. When obstinate Elizabeth Bennet clashes with the seemingly arrogant Fitzwilliam Darcy, sparks fly and eventually ignite what each must come to accept is the love of a perfectly matched couple.
• Emma. Confident and self-assured, willful Emma Woodhouse commits a series of social blunders that teach her how badly she misunderstands
  her society and her own romantic yearnings.
• Persuasion. Seven years earlier Anne Elliot broke off her engagement to the man she loved. When the opportunity arises for her to renew their romance, will she overcome the social strictures that made her earlier match seem ill-conceived?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fall River Press
• Release date: Jul 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781435166592

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.

Reviews for Jane Austen

[pre20cenbooks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I don't care how many times I watch the movies based on Ms. Austen's stories, I will always keep and read the stories as they are more detailed if not too much and I can take my time and absorb the vocabulary, translate it in my own mind, understand the emotion and logic of the characters, visualize the settings minimally, but enjoy the happy endings as Ms. Austen leaves the aweful endings to other authors. The book is very heavy so use some support and take breaks to prevent wrist or arm injury flare ups as I do myself I must say,,, These would be good read along out louds for family with preteens. Love period stores.