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The perfect gift for any Jane Austen lover.
Each box set contains seven books, together creating a comprehensive collection of Austen’s best and much-loved works. Beautifully packaged in a rigid, matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing, complete with strikingly attractive, bespoke artwork.
Includes:
- Emma
- Mansfield Park
- Northanger Abbey
- Persuasion
- Pride and Prejudice
- Sense and Sensibility
- Sanditon
Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners.
In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim – that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband.
With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language.
Jane Austen, one of the nation's most beloved authors, whose face
adorns our currency, surely needs no introduction, but while many
are familiar with her groundbreaking novels, few have come across
her short burlesque work The History of England. Billed a history
'from the reign of Henry IV to Charles I by a partial, prejudiced
and ignorant historian', The History of England pokes fun at the
overly verbose and grand histories of Austen's day. Written when
she was just fifteen, this is a comic tour de force that shows
Austen's wit developing into the satirical prowess she is
remembered for.
Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible.
'Handsome, clever, and rich', Emma is also an 'imaginist', 'on fire with speculation and foresight'. She sees the signs of romance all around her, but thinks she will never be married. Her matchmaking maps out relationships that Jane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective.
Judgement and imagination are matched in games the reader too can enjoy, and the end is a triumph of understanding.
Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous
sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In
it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim -
that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In
this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its
wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine,
Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular
novels in the English language.
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