'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced...
Sanditonâan eleven-chapter fragment left at Jane Austenâs death completed by an Austen devotee and novelistâ is a charming addition to Austenâs novels on Englandâs...
Elizabeth Bennet, the second eldest of five daughters whom Mrs. Bennet is anxious to dispose of in marriage, is the most intelligent and delightful of all Jane Austen's heroines. Her vitality, vivacity and wit, her hasty dismissal of superior Mr. Darcy--...
CLASSIC FICTION (PRE C 1945). It's hard to believe that jane austen wrote the sophisticated and acerbic pride and prejudice when she was only 21 years old, in 1797. Originally entitled first impressions, the novel was rejected, revised, retitled, and...
Northanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the...
Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible. 'Handsome, clever, and rich', Emma is also an 'imaginist', 'on fire with speculation and foresight'....
'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two...
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 Sevigny
Anne Elliot turned away her love Frederick Wentworth. Years go by and they are in the same social circles, outwardly aloof, and suffering aching hearts.
Unabridged value reproduction of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf. This short romance takes the reader on a lovely escape to middle-class life in nineteenth-century Bath, England.