Favorite Jane Austen Novels: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion (Dover Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Austen, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486297489 ISBN 13: 9780486297484

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1997

Synopsis

Three of the author's most popular works — widely admired for their satiric wit, subtlety, and perfection of style — brilliantly re-create the provincial world of the early-19th-century English countryside, focusing, respectively, on husband-hunting mothers and daughters, the humbling of proud lovers, and the return of a once-rejected lover.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This box-set contains: Pride And Prejudice transforms this effervescent tale of rural romance into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life that is now regarded as one of the principal treasures of English literature.Sense And Sensibility is the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who represent sense and sensibility, respectively.Persuasion limned the plight of young women who could escape the constraints of family life only by marrying, and suggests the foolishness of women who believed they were free and not dependent on the financial and social resources of men.

About the Author:

Rich with memorable characters from 19th-century English society and compelling themes of love and personal rivalries, the novels of Jane Austen (1775–1817) continue to enchant modern readers. One of literature's most celebrated women authors, Austen crafted stories remarkable in their psychological depth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0486297489
• ISBN 13: 9780486297484
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800