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Explore the charm and wit of Jane Austen through two of her beloved novels in this beautiful collection.

This volume contains the first and last novels Jane Austen ever wrote: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion-both of which were published... Read Full Overview

Each Macmillan Casebook concerns a classic of English literature or a significant modern work. (Occasional volumes in the series will deal with closely related works) Each Casebook brings together the best of modern criticism, along with a generous selection of... Read Full Overview

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, in 1803, but published after her death, at the end of 1817. The novel is a satire of the Gothic novels popular at the time of its first writing in 1798-99. The heroine, Catherine, thinks life... Read Full Overview

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels.Austen died in July 1817. Northanger Abbey (as the novel was now called) was brought out posthumously in late December 1817 (1818 given on the title page), as the first two volumes of a four-volume set that also featured... Read Full Overview

A volume containing two of Jane Austen's classic novels. Northanger Abbey, Austen's first completed novel, tells the story of a young woman's coming of age and her experiences in fashionable 18th-century Bath. Persuasion, Austen's final completed novel, follows the romantic... Read Full Overview

A volume containing two of Jane Austen's classic novels. Northanger Abbey, Austen's first completed novel, tells the story of a young woman's coming of age and her experiences in fashionable 18th-century Bath. Persuasion, Austen's final completed novel, follows the romantic... Read Full Overview

Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by Jane Austen. It was completed in 1803, the first of Austen's novels completed in full, but was published posthumously in 1817 with Persuasion. The story concerns Catherine Morland,... Read Full Overview

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written about the years... Read Full Overview