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Available
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Collection
Publication
Folio Society (1984). Full dark red morocco leather binding. Seven volumes: Emma (382pp); Mansfield Park (378pp); Northanger Abbey (222pp); Persuasion (235pp); Pride and Prejudice (308pp); Sense and Sensibility (299pp); Shorter Works (313pp). 8vos. Text based on the definitive Oxford University Press edition; with introductions by Richard Church and illustrations by Joan Hassall.
User reviews
LibraryThing member FionaCat
Jane Austen is the best. Absolutely brilliant, insightful and witty (even a bit snarky). These are books that can be read again and again without getting stale. It's a toss-up between this set and The Lord of the Rings as my "castaway on a desert island" pick.
Original publication date
1962 (First Folio Society edition)
Physical description
9.4 inches
Local notes
Based on the definitive text of Professor R.W. Chapman. Introductions by Richard Church to each volumes, and illustrated with wood engravings by Joan Hassall.
Comprises: Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Shorter Works, which comprise - Complete Novels - Lady Susan, Love and Friendship; Major Fragments - The Watsons, Sanditon, Catharine; The History of England; Minor Novels - Lesley Castle, Evelyn, Frederic and Elfrida, Jack and Alice, Edgar and Emma, Henry and Eliza, The Three Sisters.
One of a small number of variants bound in deep red morocco leather.
Comprises: Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Shorter Works, which comprise - Complete Novels - Lady Susan, Love and Friendship; Major Fragments - The Watsons, Sanditon, Catharine; The History of England; Minor Novels - Lesley Castle, Evelyn, Frederic and Elfrida, Jack and Alice, Edgar and Emma, Henry and Eliza, The Three Sisters.
One of a small number of variants bound in deep red morocco leather.