Jane Austen: The Complete Novels, Deluxe Edition (Library of Literary Classics)
by Jane Austen
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Author: Jane AustenEdition: Leather Bound
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-09-03
ISBN: 0517147688
Number of pages: 1136
Publisher: Gramercy
Book Reviews of Jane Austen: The Complete Novels, Deluxe Edition (Library of Literary Classics)
Book Review: An excellent career history...
Summary: 5 Stars
...this book includes all of the great Ladies novels, including the often overlooked, "Lady Susan". Modern readers approaching Austen for the first time are often underwhelmed by the events and the pace of the drama, not entirely difficult to understand given that we need to have our drama so upfront we can smell it these days! Equally just about anything goes in drama today.
There are few taboos and drama reaches us in a multi media fashion. In Austen's time taboo and social order was a plenty and well structured, men and women had distinct roles as did the classes. Society was subtly cruel and unforgiving in it's snobbery and comment upon this was unwelcome. Place these novels in that context and you will love them for Austen is clever and subtle at her sending up and fun poking at this order. Her novels have a sense of justice in which the good triumph and the underhand and sly come undone, whatever their class or station. These kind of novel conclusions seem simple and ideal but it is how she sends up the social order of her time that is her true writIng gift, her tongue was always wedged firmly in her cheek and she can astound, even today, with her wry wit and biting sarcasm. An excellent book and representation of her career.
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Summary of Jane Austen: The Complete Novels, Deluxe Edition (Library of Literary Classics)
One of the great and ever popular masters of the English novel is represented here by every one of her novels. Includes Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and the lesser-known Lady Susan. This Library of Literary Classics edition is bound in padded leather with luxurious gold-stamping on the front and spine, satin ribbon marker and gilded edges. Other titles in this series include: Charlotte & Emily Bronte: The Complete Novels; Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Works; Mark Twain: Selected Works; Charles Dickens: Four Complete Novels; Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works; and William Shakespeare: The Complete Works.Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time.
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