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The Complete Novels

  • 作者 Jane Austen著
  • 出版社 Penguin
  • 出版时间 2006年3月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780143039501
  • 定价 227.80

内容简介

Pleasenotethepagesonthisbookhavebeenproducedwithbevelledorroughedgetocreateanoldstylelook.Thepublisherhasdeliberatelychosentoproducethebookthisway.FewnovelistshaveconveyedthesubtletiesandnuancesoftheirownsocialmilieuwiththewitandinsightofJaneAusten.Hereinonevolumearehersevengreatnovels:SenseandSensibility,PrideandPrejudice,MansfieldPark,Emma,NorthangerAbbey,Persuasion,andLadySusan.Throughhervivaciousandspiritedheroinesandtheircircle,AustenvividlyportraysEnglishmiddle-classlifeastheeighteenthcenturycametoacloseandthenineteenthcenturybegan.Eachofthenovelsisalovestoryandastoryaboutmarriage—marriageforlove,forfinancialsecurity,forsocialstatus.Buttheyarenotromances;ironic,comic,andwise,theyaremasterlyevocationsofthesocietyJaneAustenobserved.ThisbeautifulvolumecoverstheliterarycareerofoneofEngland’sfinestprosestylistsofanycentury.APenguinClassicsDeluxeEditionwithFrenchflapsandluxuriouspackagingFeaturesthedefinitivePenguinClassicstextsrecommendedbytheJaneAustenSocietyNewintroductionbybestsellingauthorofTheJaneAustenBookClubKarenJoyFowler

作者简介

JaneAustenwasbornonDecember16,1775atSteventonnearBasingstoke,theseventhchildoftherectoroftheparish.ShelivedwithherfamilyatSteventonuntiltheymovedtoBathwhenherfatherretiredin1801.Afterhisdeathin1805,shemovedaroundwithhermother;in1809,theysettledinChawton,nearAlton,Hampshire.Heresheremained,exceptforafewvisitstoLondon,untilinMay1817shemovedtoWinchestertobenearherdoctor.ThereshediedonJuly18,1817.AsagirlJaneAustenwrotestories,includingburlesquesofpopularromances.Herworkswereonlypublishedaftermuchrevision,fournovelsbeingpublishedinherlifetime.TheseareSenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).Twoothernovels,NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasion,werepublishedposthumouslyin1818withabiographicalnoticebyherbrother,HenryAusten,thefirstformalannouncementofherauthorship.Persuasionwaswritteninaraceagainstfailinghealthin1815-16.Shealsolefttwoearliercompositions,ashortepistolarynovel,LadySusan,andanunfinishednovel,TheWatsons.Atthetimeofherdeath,shewasworkingonanewnovel,Sanditon,afragmentarydraftofwhichsurvives.简·奥斯汀，是英国著名女性小说家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。

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