Sense and Sensibility ; Pride and Prejudice ; Mansfield Park ; Emma ; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion ; Minor Works

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A charming set of the Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen collection. The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen edited by R. W. Chapman. In the original price clipped dust wrappers.The third edition. This includes Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey. It also includes Austen's Minor Works. A lovely set of Austen with additional notes. Within these novels, Austen explores the role of women within the patriarchal society. She does this through social commentary, realism, and irony to draw attention to female struggle.Throughout her writing, Austen explores and draws upon her own experiences to create realistic and likable characters including Elizabeth Bennett who continues to be important within the 21st century. This set celebrates the continued success of Austen's which which has not been out of print since her death.Volume One: Sense and Sensibility includes notes on Austen's English and vocabulary used within the novel. Volume Two: Pride and Prejudice includes detailed appendices on the chronological order of the novel.Volume Three: Mansfield Park also includes a copy of the Lovers' Vows A Play, In Five Acts performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. This play was written by Mrs Inchbald. This is the fifth edition. This play features in Mansfield Park and it is included in this edition to give readers context of why this play was deemed somewhat inappropriate. Austen uses the characters and plots to mirror the unfolding drama in Mansfield Park.Volume Four: Emma includes detailed appendixes of the chronological order of this work. Volume Five: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion includes an additional chapter. It includes the original version of the concluding chapters of Persuasion and Chapters 10 and 11 of the second volume of Persuasion as planned. It also includes the original bibliography notice of the author from the 1818 edition.Volume Six: Minor Works is the first collection edited from the manuscripts by R.W Chapman. It includes Juvenilia, Lady Susan, The Watsons 1804-5, Sanditon 1817, Plan of A Novel, Opinions of Mansfield Park, Verses and Prays. Volume One: Sense and Sensibility includes seven plates. Volume Two: Pride and Prejudice includes eight plates. Volume Three: Mansfield Park includes eight plates. Volume Four: Emma includes eleven plates.Volume Five: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion includes seven plates.Volume Six: Minor Works includes six plates.Collated complete. In the original publisher's cloth in the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Sunning to the dust wrappers especially volume two. Closed tears to the spine of the dust wrapper on volume three. The boards are bright and clean. Some spotting to the text blocks. A small ink mark on the text block of volume five. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 883V29

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