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Jane Austen's witty comedy of manners is one of the most universally loved and admired English novels of all time.“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”The Bennets are a family of five daughters, and with no male heir, th... Read More about Pride and Prejudice

Featuring one of her most likeable characters, this sparkling love story set in a seaside resort is Jane Austen’s final finished work.“There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison.”Since Anne Elliot eight years ago rejected the marriage proposal of Capt... Read More about Persuasion

Two sisters of opposing temperaments who share the pangs of new love provide the theme for Jane Austen’s dramatically human narrative.“I wish as well as everybody else to be perfectly happy but like everybody else it must be in my own way.” Elinor, practical and conventional, is the perfection of se... Read More about Sense and Sensibility

A Penguin Classics edition of three lesser-known Austen works, including Lady Susan, the basis for Whit Stillman's feature film Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë SevignyThese three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from ... Read More about Lady Susan; The Watsons; Sanditon

A fascinating, humorous, and timeless coming-of-age tale featuring one of Jane Austen's most memorable characters.“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition…had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” The c... Read More about Emma

In a novel filled with drama, greed, vanity, passion, and vulnerability, Jane Austen turns her unerring eye on the concerns of English society in this historical romance classic.“Every moment had its pleasure and its hope.”Fanny Price has grown up acutely conscious of her inferior status as a “... Read More about Mansfield Park