The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance, using it as a platform from which to address issues of gender politics and class consciousness among the British middle-class of the late 18th century. The novels included in this collection from the elegant Knickerbocker Classics series — Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Lady Susan — represent all of Austen's complete novels, and provide the reader with an entrance into the world she and her memorable characters inhabited.

With witty, unflinching morality, Austen portrays English middle-class life as the 18th century came to a close and the 19th century began. Austen's heroines find happiness in many forms, each of the novels is a story of love and marriage — marriage for love, financial security and for social status.
In a publishing career that spanned less than 10 years, her work brought her little personal fame and 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 and the emergence of a fan culture. Austen's works continue to influence the course of the novel even as they charm readers today.

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Author: Jane Austen
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 1,232
Size: 7 x 2.75 x 9.75 inches