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1) Pride and prejudice

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Volume

2

Earliest Publication Date

1894

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Pride and Prejudice is a story set in the English countryside outside of London during the early 19th century which centers on the life of Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five sisters who are all unmarried. When a wealthy and sociable young gentleman, Charles Bingley, rents the nearby manor of Netherfield Park the opportunity to find husbands presents itself. While attending a ball the Bennets meet Charles Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy...

2) Northanger Abbey ; and, Persuasion

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Volume

5

Earliest Publication Date

1933

3) Minor works

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Volume

6

Earliest Publication Date

1980

4) Emma

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Earliest Publication Date

1906

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"The culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage--now in a stunning 200th-anniversary Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Beautiful, clever, rich-- and single-- Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts...

5) [Mansfield Park]

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Earliest Publication Date

1934

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At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and sophisticated Crawfords arrive, and amateur theatricals unleash rivalry and sexual jealousy, Fanny has to fight to retain her independence. This new edition places Mansfield Park in...