Jane Austen 6-Book Boxed Set: Containing: Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion - all illustrated (Collector's Library)

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Swept up by the high society she has found herself in, Catherine and her overactive imagination lead her into numerous comical misunderstandings with the Tilney family.

Eight years ago, Lady Russell persuaded Anne Elliot to break off her engagement to a fortuneless young naval captain. An attractive set published and bound by Riviere, with pleasing colour frontispieces by Charles Edmund Brock, who previously produced the first ever colour-illustrated edition of Austen in 1898 alongside Henry Matthews Brock. Another great set is the Charles Dickens Easy Classics 10 Books Collection which features Dicken’s best-loved stories still in the easy-to-read accessible format. During this time she began work on several early drafts of what would become her most famous novels; the first in English to use free indirect speech, allowing characters thoughts and opinions to merge with the author’s narration. Registered address: Unit 31, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom.But as she blunders through a scheme to find a suitable husband for her new friend Harriet, Emma begins to realise that her judgement is not as good as she thought. The seven books in this box set contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism.

These include Eleanor and Marianne (an early version of Sense and Sensibility) and First Impressions, the novel that was to become Pride and Prejudice, as well as a third novel which would become the Gothic satire Northanger Abbey. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. One of Jane Austen's most iconic works, Pride and Prejudice chronicles the lives of the Bennet sisters in Regency England - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine and Lydia.Wrapped in beautiful 19th-century-inspired dust jackets in two colorways, this set is the perfect gift for any Austen enthusiast or novice. Set in a seaside town, it is an amusing tale of hypochondriacs, mixed in with family drama and a whiff of romance. Austen was born in Hampshire, England, in 1775 and is primarily known for her six key novels: Pride and Prejudice , Sense and Sensibility, Emma , Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.