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Jane Austen: The Works in Eight Volumes
This edition of the Works contains Austen's six completed mature novels, plus all the known surviving juvenilia, the early epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the two late novels left incomplete at Austen's death. The contents of the volumes are: Volume 1 (pp.) - Critical introduction to the Works by Dr. Katie Halsey; The Watsons and Sanditon (the incomplete novels); Volume 2 (205 pp.) - Juvenilia; Volume 3 (356 pp.) - Sense and Sensibility and Lady Susan (an early epistolary novel); Volume 4 (304 pp.) - Pride and Prejudice; Volume 5 (185 pp.) - Northanger Abbey; Volume 6 (347 pp.) - Mansfield Park; Volume 7 (365 pp.) - Emma; and, Volume 8 (188 pp.) - Persuasion.
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Published March 1, 2009
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Jane Austen
3,740 books75.3k followersJane 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.
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.
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December 12, 2023There’s nothing complete about this collection and the reason I deleted it from my library. Since this information would be lost if I deleted it from my GR shelves as well I’m moving it to my DNF shelf instead.
This collection contains following works:
Juvenilia – Volume I
Juvenilia – Volume II
Juvenilia – Volume III
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Emma
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
This collection contains following works:
Juvenilia – Volume I
Juvenilia – Volume II
Juvenilia – Volume III
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Mansfield Park
Emma
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
January 9, 2021
I am reading them on my kindle. It will take a while to read them all.
January 26, 2026
History repeats itself, and this is why we should always be aware of what happened in the past. Women, who were kept in a lower social position, are the ones that are strong and interesting in Jane Austen's books. Isn't it what happens now in this era of (stupid) male ego and male power obsession? Jane Austen knew how to criticize her social times, the English 19th-century British society, with a keen and witty eye, not to mention her sarcastic innuendoes. All her books are worth reading.
December 6, 2025
Took me two years to read them all, but I finally did it!
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February 21, 2019I have read “Pride and Prejudice” as well as “Emma” long ago, but really need to rediscover this celebrated author.
July 1, 2020
Emma - 6/30/2020
July 21, 2020
Pride and Prejudice may be my favorite of her works but I love them all.
January 2, 2022
Exc3llent
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