Just a great collection of Jane Austen, a few small nice illustrations. I believe this contains all her novels, and everyone is worth a read. Start with Emma or Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice is really the best, of course. Her style has been written about a zillion ways, so what can I add? She's just hilarious, dry dry dry humour, very much a women's perspective, but if you've seen the movie 'Jane Austen Book Club', you probably know there's stuff there for men, too. Just superb writing, and not the usual 'totally depressing' stuff you get in a lot of modern/fine literature. ( )

I love Jane Austen's work, she is one of my favourite authors. I haven't read her entire collection, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abby, and Persuasion are still on my reading list. And this collection is really my mother's, I need to bind it for her.

I know Austen has been criticised for being too narrow with her subject matter. She rarely if ever makes mention of the political realities of her time. But topics covered in her novels spans several modern university courses including gender affairs and relations, psychology and sociology.

For me I love her language her quips and accute assessment of human behaviour. I remember when I first picked up Pride and Prejudice, I was stunned that the themes were so modern. I have no idea what I thought people did in the 18th Century, but I didn't expect this.

Highly recommended. ( )

The book it self is too big to read, too bulky. But the stories are brilliant. The best of English literature. ( )

I love Jane Austen, excellent. ( )