Jane Austen and the Brontë Sisters Complete

by Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë

This is a complete collection of novels by Jane Austen and all three of the Bronte sisters. If you enjoy this genre of fiction, then this is the e-book for you. There is an easy to navigate table of contents to go from one book to another.

All of the following are included:
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Mansfield Park
Norhtanger Abbey
Lady Susan
Jane Eyre
Villette
Shirley
The Professor
Wuthering Heights
Tenants of Wildfell Hall
Agnes Grey

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First published May 1, 2011

About the author

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but brought her little fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies. Her novels have also inspired many films, including 1940's Pride and Prejudice, 1995's Sense and Sensibility and 2016's Love & Friendship.

Reviews

[Pippen Rothingham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the only book I could find to match. I just read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin. It seems to be in quite a different style than others of hers that I've read, because she's so self-aware as an author. She uses "I" and talks about how she as an author feels. It's an interesting way to read a book, as she says stuff like "Every noble heroine must have a passion..." The whole book isn't this way - mostly just the beginning and the end. At first I thought it was quite genius, but there's a sort of detachment in it. All in all, I liked the story, loved her description of things, enjoyed the change to a main character who's pretty level-headed, but was sort of disappointed when I came to the end.

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just another Jane Austin yarn of spoiled, affected, wealthy Brits who think they have problems, all scrounging for a mate and shooting themselves in the foot in the process. Read one JA and you've read them all. Different names, different estates...characters and plots are mostly the same. Jane was a one-trick pony. I suggest Edith Wharton/House of Mirth instead.

[Lisa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Although I consider myself a Jane Austen fan, I did not enjoy this book (Northanger Abby). I know it was published after her death, and it just doesn't feel complete to me. Maybe she wasn't finished with it? It doesn't flow like her other novels.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love, love these women authors and their own personal stories.