The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Six-Volume Set
by Jane Austen
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This complete set of the novels of Jane Austen is now reissued as a boxed set with handsome new jackets. Using the definitive text established by R.W. Chapman, with later revisions by distinguished scholars, the set presents the most authoritative and comprehensive edition available -invaluable for students and enthusiasts of Jane Austen's work. Each volume contains notes and appendices, and indexes of characters, and the set is illustrated with a charming selection of early show more nineteenth-century plates. show lessTags
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A prized gift from my husband decades ago, this set has seen me through many Jane Austen talks and book club discussions. The supplemental materials are especially helpful in dealing with the vocabulary and social settings of 200 years ago. I'm personally quite fond of the Index of Characters and Places, which notes the family relationships among the characters in that novel.
My set, "The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen," was edited through strict comparisons to early printings. Its punctuation, spelling, and typesetting lend it a certain quirkiness. The supplemental background material is interesting. In the case of "Northanger Abbey," there's an article examining passages from Ann Radcliffe's novels that most likely influenced Austen.
"Northanger Abbey" is wonderfully funny. The parodic tone is even more apparent with my having just read "The Mysteries of Udolpho."
"Northanger Abbey" is wonderfully funny. The parodic tone is even more apparent with my having just read "The Mysteries of Udolpho."
5 v. Contents: 1. Sense and sensibility -- 2. Pride and prejudice -- 3. Mansfield Park -- 4. Emma -- 5. Northanger Abbey, Persuasion -- 6. Minor works (Juvenilia, Lady Susan, The Watsons [fragment], Sanditon [fragment], Plan of a novel ..., Verses, Prayers)
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Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the show more resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41. Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- This multi-volume set includes: v. 1. Sense and sensibility (1982).--v. 2. Pride and prejudice (1982).--v. 3. Mansfield Park (1982).--v. 4. Emma (1982).--v. 5. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion... (show all)> (1969).--v. 6. Minor works
ISBN 0192547011 is associated with Sense and Sensibility.
ISBN 0192547054 is associated with Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
ISBN 0192547062 is associated with Minor Works.
Some of the individual works have been entered with the ISBN 0192547070, which also refers to the complete set.
PLEASE DON'T COMBINE THE COMPLETE WORKS WITH INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES.
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