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WITHANINTRODUCTIONBYANDREWMOTIONTheVintageClassicsAustenseriesisdesignedbythewriterandillustratorLeanneShaptonandintroducedbysomeofourfinestcontemporarywritersandAustenfans：AlexanderMcCallSmith，LynneTruss，AmandaVickery，FrancescaSegal，P.D.JamesandAndrewMotion.'JaneAusten'sEmmaishermasterpiece，mixingthesparkleofherearlybookswithadeepsensibility'RobertMcCrum，ObserverEmmaisyoung，richandindependent.Shehasdecidednottogetmarriedandinsteadspendshertimeorganisingheracquaintances'loveaffairs.HerplansforthematrimonialsuccessofhernewfriendHarriet，however，leadherintocomplicationsthatultimatelytestherowndetachmentfromtheworldofromance.
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JaneAustenwasborninSteventonrectoryon16December1775.HerfamilylatermovedtoBath,thentoSouthamptonandfinallytoChawtoninHampshire.ShebeganwritingPrideandPrejudicewhenshewastwenty-twoyearsold.ItwasoriginallycalledFirstImpressionsandwasinitiallyrejectedbythepublishersandonlypublishedin1813aftermuchrevision.Shepublishedfourofhernovelsinherlifetime,SenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).JaneAustendiedon18thJuly1817.NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasionwerebothpublishedposthumouslyin1818.AndrewMotionhasbeenalecturer,editorofthePoetryReview,EditorialDirectorofChatto&Windus,PoetLaureate,co-founderthePoetryArchiveandwasknightedforhisservicestoliteraturein2009.HeisnowProfessorofCreativeWritingatRoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon.HeisaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofLiteratureandlivesinLondon.LeanneShaptonisanillustrator,authorandpublisherbasedinNewYorkCity.http://leanneshapton.com/,,,
