Complete & unabridged this elegantly designed hardcover edition is slip cased & features a ribbon marker & period styling as well as an introduction providing the reader with enlightening information on Austen's life & works Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance using it as a platform from which to address issues of gender politics & class consciousness among the British middle-class of the late eighteenth century The novels included in the collection
- Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion & Lady Susan
- represent all of Austen's complete novels & provide the reader with an entrance into the world she & her memorable characters inhabited With witty unflinching morality Austen portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close & the nineteenth century began Austin's heroines find happiness in many forms each of the novels is a story of love & marriage-marriage for love financial security & for social status In a publishing career that spanned less than ten years her work brought her little personal fame & only a few positive reviews during her lifetime It wasn't until the 1940s that she became widely accepted in academia as a great English writer The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship & the emergence of a fan culture Austen's works continue to influence the course of the novel even as they charm readers today Complete & unabridged this beautiful volume is magnificent Elegantly designed this cloth bound hardcover edition is slip cased & features a ribbon marker & period styling A must have for any Janeite Also included is an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on Jane Austen's life & works