These volumes represent each author''s best and most famous
writings. This finely crafted and affordable series offers the
works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes
"Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility,"
關於作者：
Jane Austen Jane Austen''s delightful, carefully wrought novels
of manners remain surprisingly relevant, nearly 200 years after
they were first published. Her novels -- Pride and Prejudice and
Emma among them -- are those rare books that offer us a glimpse at
the mores of a specific period while addressing the complexities of
love, honor, and responsibility that still intrigue us today.
Biography In 1801, George Austen retired from the clergy, and Jane,
Cassandra, and their parents took up residence in Bath, a
fashionable town Jane liked far less than her native village. Jane
seems to have written little during this period. When Mr. Austen
died in 1805, the three women, Mrs. Austen and her daughters, moved
first to Southampton and then, partly subsidized by Jane''s
brothers, occupied a house in Chawton, a village not unlike Jane''s
first home. There she began to work on writing and pursued
publishing once more, leading to the anonymous publication of Sense
and Sensibility in 1811 and Pride and Prejudice in 1813, to
modestly good reviews. Known for her cheerful, modest, and witty
character, Jane Austen had a busy family and social life, but as
far as we know very little direct romantic experience. There were
early flirtations, a quickly retracted agreement to marry the
wealthy brother of a friend, and a rumored short-lived attachment
-- while she was traveling -- that has not been verified. Her last
years were quiet and devoted to family, friends, and writing her
final novels. In 1817 she had to interrupt work on her last and
unfinished novel, Sanditon, because she fell ill. She died on July
18, 1817, in Winchester, where she had been taken for medical
treatment. After her death, her novels Northanger Abbey and
Persuasion were published, together with a biographical notice, due
to the efforts of her brother Henry. Austen is buried in Winchester
Cathedral. Author biography courtesy of Barnes Noble Books.
Date of Birth: 十二月 16, 1775 Place of Birth: Village of Steventon in
Hampshire, England Date of Death: 七月 18, 1817 Place of Death:
Winchester, Hampshire, England Education: Taught at home by her
father
目錄：
Introduction
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Northanger Abbey
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