Jane Austen : Seven Novels

by Sarah S.G. Frantz

In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade. Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance, using it as a stage from which to address issues of gender politics and class consciousness rarely expressed in her day. The novels included in the collection - Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan - represent all of Austen's mature work as a novelist, and provide the reader with an introduction to the world she and her memorable characters inhabited. With their caustic wit, unflinching morality, sparkling characters, and romantic themes, Austen's works continue to influence the course of the novel even as they charm readers today. Jane Seven Novels is part of Barnes & Noble's Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works - complete and unabridged - from one of the greatest writers in literature in magnificent, elegantly designed hard-back editions. Every volume also includes an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on the writer's life and works.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

Sarah has a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Michigan. She co-edited two academic collections, "Women Constructing Men" and "New Perspectives on Popular Romance Fiction." She is President of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance and has published academic articles on Jane Austen, J.R. Ward, Suzanne Brockmann, Joey Hill, and scenes in which the romance hero breastfeeds from the heroine.

Sarah also works as a freelance editor and BDSM fiction advisor at Alphabet Editing. She is an acquiring editor at Riptide Publishing, where she has the privilege to edit top male/male authors like Marie Sexton, L.A. Witt, Aleksandr Voinov, Kim Dare, Alex Beecroft, Heidi Cullinan, and many many others.