Jane Austen: The Complete Novels

The English author Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the most recognized voices in English-speaking literature, and perhaps in universal literature. Her works were considered ahead of their time for the way they addressed topics such as the perception of women's roles in England during the transition between the 18th and 19th centuries, marriage as an instrument of social control, and the hermeticism and sectarianism of upper-class English society. Always with a healthy dose of humor and irony, Austen wrote about complex themes without ever losing sight of the entertainment that an interesting story could provide to her readers. This volume collects her novels completed during her lifetime: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), Northanger Abbey (1818), Persuasion (1818), and Lady Susan (1871), although these last three were published posthumously, thanks to the author's growing fame after her early death.

The English author Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the most recognized voices in English-speaking literature, and perhaps in universal literature. Her works were considered ahead of their time for the way they addressed topics such as the perception of women's roles in England during the transition between the 18th and 19th centuries, marriage as an instrument of social control, and the hermeticism and sectarianism of upper-class English society. Always with a healthy dose of humor and irony, Austen wrote about complex themes without ever losing sight of the entertainment that an interesting story could provide to her readers. This volume collects her novels completed during her lifetime: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), Northanger Abbey (1818), Persuasion (1818), and Lady Susan (1871), although these last three were published posthumously, thanks to the author's growing fame after her early death.