The Complete Novels of Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice / Mansfield Park / Emma / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion (Leather-bound Classics)

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Parker promoting Sandition with a faith in sea air and bathing as remedy for every ailment, and necessary to health, on one hand - and his siblings swearing their ill heath is too far gone for them to visit, the latter being quite hilarious, this is already promising entertainment and more, right at the beginning. I LOVE Jane Austen and I LOVE this collection, but this was so long that I think I may never read again in my entire life!

Women weren't dressed immodestly with boobs hanging out and men weren't wearing their pants below their ass. I just wanted to make some notes regarding ALL the novels, which I re-read in 2017 with an online discussion group. For those of you who like footnotes, this book does not have them, so if you are looking for detailed historical explanations as you read, you will have to invest in another edition.Lady Susan” and the depraved depths that vixen will go to deceive all around her for her own ends was a fascinating character study, so was “Emma” with her playful scheming to arrange the love lives of those closest to her, a capricious innocent tale in comparison with “Lady Susan”! I knew nothing about this novel before I started, obviously I’d heard of Mr Darcy but honestly that was it! Will shy, quiet Fanny have the courage to stand up for herself despite appearing ungrateful to her uncle? Silver Dolphin Silver Dolphin Books publishes award-winning activity, novelty, and educational books for children.

I struggled with much of the first 4/5ths, at times finding it hard to differentiate all the characters, especially the two Misses Bertram and to establish the connections between them all - especially so in the amateur theatrical week which proves crucial to all that comes later. Like, for real, this book is an utter trashfest and probably the worst exhibit of Austen's writing (literally 80% of this book is dialogue and/or Austen using dashes and hyphens . Charlotte chooses to stay with Lady Denham on the Terrace, as asked by her, instead of going with others to library. Especially Austen, someone who has withstood the test of time and has entered the history books as one of England’s most famous authors.The later three novels are a mixed back of youthful inexperience ( Northanger Abbey), different tone ( Persuasion), and unique literary style ( Lady Susan) with mixed results.

Be prepared to read pages 1182, 1185, 1184, 1183, and then 1186 if you are going to make sense of ‘Northanger Abbey.By that time, I had hoped the chronological lapse would alter my prejudice against her style, forgive the pun, but it still had the same effect on my nerves, but at least I finished the book. Austen well understood the narrow constraints of the upper class world about which she wrote, but increasingly concerned herself with the actualization of her heroes – a collection of women who perceive their world and the people around them keenly enough to be aware of their ironies. For these women, there is one defining transaction to be made in their lives, and that is their marriage. Emma- Austen attacks society again very strongly here, though I think the novel lacked a real plot driver. This unfortunately is what far too many women and even men use their minds for, even now, for sport and not for want of subjects that could use the sharp minds.