Jane Austen Complete Book

Titles in this Collection: , , Northanger Abbey, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, , One of Jane Austen's best-loved stories, Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Left almost penniless on the death of their father, they rely on the kindness of relatives and friends to find a new home together with their mother and younger sister. Each needs to resolve their problems by marrying well, but fate takes them on a bumpy road along which the passionate, but impetuous, Marianne falls for the duplicitous Willoughby, while Elinor, ever cautious, seems to be unlucky in love. As ever, Austen resolves her heroines'' fortunes in her inimitable and witty way., , Emma - Beautiful, clever, rich - and single. Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work., , Persuasion As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end in 1814, Admirals and Captains of the Royal Navy are put ashore, their work done. Anne Elliot meets Captain Frederick Wentworth after seven years, by the chance of his sister and brother-in-law renting her father's estate, while she stays for a few months with her married sister, living nearby. They fell in love the first time, but she broke off the engagement., , Mansfield Park Fanny 's rich relatives her a place in their home so that she can be properly brought up. However, Fanny's childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her position., , Read the complete set!