Tag: Jane Austen

Persuasion
Unabridged Large Print 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 status. Continue reading “Persuasion [Large Print]”

Northanger Abbey
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age story and satire of the Gothic novels which became 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. Continue reading “Northanger Abbey [Large Print]”

Pride and Prejudice
The Complete & Unabridged Original Classic Edition
by Jane Austen

This premium quality large print volume includes the complete and unabridged text of Jane Austen’s timeless classic romance in a freshly edited and newly typeset edition.

With a large 7.44″x9.69″ page size, this large print edition is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design.

Set among the minor gentry in the vicinity of the fictional town of Meryton, near London in Hertfordshire, the novel follows the activities of Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five daughters of a country gentleman and his rather crass and intellectually limited wife. Continue reading “Pride and Prejudice: Unabridged Large Print Edition”

Mansfield Park
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Jane Austen

This quality large print edition is not a machine scanned or facsimile “blowup” of an older edition. Edited and formatted by human editors, it is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover.

Mansfield Park…

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 [Large Print]”

Sense and Sensibility
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Jane Austen

This unabridged large print Edition is not an electronic scan or reproduction. The text has been formatted and edited by human editors, based on the classic original edition, and is printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover.

Sense and Sensibility…

Published anonymously in three volumes in 1811, Sense and Sensibility was Jane Austen’s first published novel. She began writing it about 1795, titled “Elinor and Marianne,” and worked on it sporadically until she extensively revised it in 1809 and began seriously pursuing its publication. Ultimately it was published under its well-known title after Jane’s family financed the initial costs of producing the book. Continue reading “Sense and Sensibility [Large Print]”