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Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is now available in an exclusive collector’s edition featuring a delicate laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping and ribbon marker, making it…
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
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"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you." - Jane Austen, Persuasion
Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It…
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"Embark on a romantic journey where love unfolds amidst the symphony of raindrops and the whispers of the wind. 'Whispers in the Rain: Exploring the Art of Love with Weather'…
Pride and Prejudice: An Annotated Version
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen stands as a literary masterpiece that transcends time, weaving a tapestry of wit, romance, and societal critique. In…
Showcases Austen's early writings, including several short stories, a play, and a series of letters that offer a glimpse into her development as a writer.
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is a classic novel published in 1813. Set in rural England during the early 19th century, it follows the lives and romantic entanglements of…
Jane Austen's Persuasion weaves a tale of love, regret, and second chances. Anne Elliot, a woman of quiet strength and resilience, navigates societal
expectations and the rekindling of a lost…
"Sense and Sensibility" is a novel written by Jane Austen, first published in 1811. It's one of Austen's most beloved works and is celebrated for its wit, social commentary, and…
Sense and Sensibility follows the trials of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they navigate love, loss, and societal expectations in Regency England. Jane Austen's timeless classic delves into…
Emma showcases Jane Austen's mastery in portraying the intricacies of social hierarchy and the complexities of love. Set in the charming village of Highbury, the novel follows the spirited and…
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances’ love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of…
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Northanger Abbey is the light-hearted account of a young girl's first excursion into fashionable society. While in Bath, Catherine Morland is invited by Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor to…
Beautifully presented with striking covers, easy-to-read type and, where relevant, the original illustrations, these books will look good on any bookshelf.
"Persuasion" by Jane Austen is a captivating novel that delves into the complexities of love, social class, and the enduring power of second chances. Set in early 19th-century England, the…
One of the greatest love stories ever written, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, follows Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates life in English society in the 1800s. Narrated by NM…
This stunning Oxford Children's Classic edition is the perfect introduction to Pride and Prejudice-the classic love story. Features an introduction by Malorie Blackman and other bonus material including insights for…
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Jane Austen’s novels are among the most enduring works in the English language.
A beuatiful collector's edition of the best-loved classic work of English literature, complete with gold embossing on the front cover and stencilled page edges.
Pride & Prejudice is a classic…
Discover Jane Austen’s most beloved classic. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family.
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But when the glamorous and exciting Henry and Mary Crawford arrive in the area, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary and Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has…
Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her…
During an eventful season at Bath, young, naive Catherine Morland experiences fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite…
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Set in Georgian- and Regency-era England, Emma is a classic novel about a young matchmaker’s misguided attempts to arrange the affairs of others.
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.
Taken from the poverty of her parents’ home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with…
One of Jane Austen’s final uncompleted novels, started in the January the year she died. Perhaps Austen’s most original work, stepping away from the mystique of the country estates. This…
Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who struggle to achieve respectability, each in their own way in the face of the…
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is the original romantic comedy, brimful of wit and wisdom.
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This volume, first published in 2006, is a comprehensive scholarly edition of Jane Austen’s innovative final novel.
Tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough, has never forgotten him. When he…
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Tells the story of Marianne Dashwood, who wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister…
Jane Austen fans will treasure this hardcover collectible from the Dover Bookshelf series. Crafted with gorgeous design elements and handsome typography, it's the perfect keepsake or gift of Austen's classic…
Written when Austen was just sixteen, these pages are stuffed with the wit and biting satire so associated with her name, and deserves to be as well known as her…
"Persuasion" by Jane Austen is a timeless classic of English literature, celebrated for its exploration of love, regret, and second chances. Set in the early 19th century, the novel follows…
Jane Austen was fascinated by this question, subjecting it to her forensic eye and wonderfully ironic wit again and again. Selected from the novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice…
Austen’s mastery of irony, dialogue, and realism make Pride and Prejudice a pure pleasure to read. Don’t miss this elegantly designed classic.
This volume of Jane Austen’s classic novel of manners and mores in early 19th-century England has an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive coloured edging and an attractive silk-ribbon bookmark.
In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade, Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance, using it as a stage from which to address issues of gender politics and…
Eight years ago, Anne Elliot followed the advice of Lady Russell, her only true friend, and broke off her engagement to the dashing young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. When Anne…
Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - It is a truth universally…
One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, an effervescent tale of rural romance transformed by Jane Austen’s art into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country…
Told through a series of letters, Jane Austen’s magnificent first novella is as subversive as it is charming.
Beautifully presented with gilded page edges, foil embossing and patterned endpapers.
Elizabeth Bennet is at first determined to dislike Mr. Darcy, who is handsome and eligible. This misjudgment only matched in folly by Darcy’s arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way…