Category: Classics

Northanger Abbey
Unabridged Original Classic Edition
by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age story and satire of the Gothic novels which were pervasive in late 18th century England. The story follows Catherine Morland, a 17-year-old who lacks life experience and is determined to see the best in people. Her fondness for Gothic novels and active imagination distort her view of the world, and while she has a good-natured personality and is observant she is also naïve, not seeing the underlying intentions in people’s actions.

With Austen’s characteristic wit, and sarcasm the novel follows Catherine as she matures and acquires a better understanding of people’s natures, of herself, and of the world around her. Continue reading “Northanger Abbey”

Persuasion
Unabridged Original Classic Edition
by Jane Austen

Persuasion is Jane Austen’s last completed novel, published six months after her death in 1817, along with Northanger Abbey.

The story follows Anne Elliot, a 27-year-old Englishwoman whose family moves and rents their home to an admiral and his wife to lower their expenses and reduce their debt. The wife’s brother, Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne earlier, but Anne was persuaded by her friends and family to break the engagement because his low social status and lack of wealth made him an unsuitable match for a woman of her social standing. Continue reading “Persuasion”

Mansfield Park
Unabridged Original Classic Edition
by Jane Austen

This quality unabridged classic edition is not a machine scanned or facsimile reproduction of an older edition. Edited and formatted by human editors, it is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover and 6×9 page size.

Mansfield Park was Jane Austen’s third novel, first published in 1814. Characterized by Austen’s dry wit and biting satire, its tone and discussion of religion and religious duty, propriety and morality, obedience, privacy, and adultery has resulted in its description as both the most serious and mature and the most problematic of Austen’s novels. Continue reading “Mansfield Park”