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| ISBN: | 0679600264 (ISBN13: 9780679600268) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Jane Austen
Hardcover | Pages: 898 pages Rating: 4.53 | 259 Users | 23 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, Vol 1: Sense & Sensibility/Pride & Prejudice/Mansfield Park |
| Author | : | Jane Austen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 898 pages |
| Published | : | September 5th 1992 by Modern Library |
| Categories | : | Classics. Literature. Fiction. Romance |
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I've been wanting to read Jane Austen for a few years now, partly because I want to have some knowledge of her books when I finally get around to watching The Jane Austen Book Club, and partly out of curiosity. The only movie adaptation that I've ever seen is Emma (which I LOVE!).It took me a good third to half of the first novel (Sense and Sensibility) to get into the book. The language is so quaint that it slowed me down quite a bit at first. Quaintness aside, I did - once I acclimated to the flow of the language - enjoy the stories immensely. It's obvious that Austen had a keen eye for the absurdity of Victorian society and an even keener wit, and - despite the language and the settings being dated - the plots themselves are not. Yes, they're all love stories at heart. Will the bright, misfit girl get the rich, handsome man (or the moral, reserved one)? Of course she will! But even more than being your typical boy meets girl story, these novels are about families and the many ways that they can either lift us up or hold us back - often at the same time!
Out of these first three novels, I have to admit that Mansfield Park was my favorite. Maybe it's only because I read it last and, therefore, it is freshest in my mind, but I really felt for Fanny and despaired of things ever turning out well for her and Edmund. I also enjoyed Pride and Prejudice more than Sense and Sensibility, partly because I struggled through most of the first novel, perhaps, but I doubt it. While I liked the Miss Dashwoods well enough, I really couldn't have cared less about the romance aspect of that one.
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1961)I read Austen as a really young girl. Austen was instrumental in the formulation of what I thought a hero should be - Mr Darcy for example, and also, my understand of how a woman should act and think. From Lizzie to Emma, from Fanny to Jane, I learned what was good, what was true and what was acceptable behaviour.
I finally finshed reading all of Jane Austen. Now I know what all the hype is about. Her books are amazing.
How can you not love Jane Austen? I think I'd read both S&S and P&P twice before deciding to tackle her novels in their entirety, and loved them both even more the 3rd time. Mansfield Park is one of my least favorites, but in Austen terms, that means I was still fully engaged and entertained. My personal verdict is that Elizabeth Bennet is the most wonderful Austen heroine, not to mention one of my favorite protagonists of literature generally, and the sparkle of the dialogue in P&P
Not bad, not the greatest writer, in my opinion. from that period.
I've avoided reading Mansfield Park for years because I've never heard anyone say they liked it. Even Jane Austen's mother didn't like Fanny Price. It was my loss! I loved this book. Not because of the love story, but because the characters are filled with profound truth. In much of literature there are authors who manipulate characters and dialogue to fit their agenda and it never rings true for the reader. Austen's characters in Mansfield Park could be set in any time period,family, or social
I am grateful to have found an inexpensive 2- volume Modern Library set of Jane Austen 6 completed plays. I appreciate the real or perceived scholarly work thsee volumes are.
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