The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen – Jane Austen

Jane Austen is one of the most beloved novelists in the English language. Writing in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, she created stories of love, marriage, family and society that remain fresh, funny and insightful more than two hundred years later. The Complete Novels of Jane Austen brings together her major novels in a single volume.

The collection includes Sense and Sensibility, the story of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, as they navigate love and loss after their family’s fortunes decline; Pride and Prejudice, perhaps her most famous novel, following the spirited Elizabeth Bennet and the proud Mr. Darcy; Mansfield Park, about the quiet and principled Fanny Price, raised among her wealthy relatives; Emma, the comedy of a clever, confident young woman whose matchmaking schemes go hilariously wrong; Northanger Abbey, a playful satire of Gothic novels featuring the imaginative Catherine Morland; and Persuasion, Austen’s last completed novel, about Anne Elliot, who meets again the man she was persuaded to reject years before. Some editions also include shorter works.

Austen’s novels are celebrated for their wit, irony, sharp social observation and memorable characters. Beneath their charm, they explore serious questions about money, class, the limited choices available to women, morality, self-knowledge and the difference between appearance and reality.

The novels have inspired countless adaptations for film, television and stage, as well as modern retellings, and they continue to delight new generations of readers.

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen is an essential collection for lovers of classic literature and a wonderful introduction for newcomers. The contents and format vary by edition.