Austen, Jane 1775-1817

Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen ( Book )
2,202 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in 41 languages and held by 8,575 libraries worldwide
A spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her sisters.

Emma by Jane Austen ( Book )
1,266 editions published between 1815 and 2012 in 37 languages and held by 7,584 libraries worldwide
Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her inept matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.

Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen ( Book )
1,134 editions published between 1811 and 2011 in 29 languages and held by 7,395 libraries worldwide
Two sisters, one practical and conventional and the other emotional and sentimental, find that only through compromise of their mutual differences can they get along.

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen ( Book )
740 editions published between 1818 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 5,851 libraries worldwide
Six weeks of shopping, taking tea with the most fashionable ladies and dancing with the most handsome gentlemen is what awaits young Catherine Morland when she makes her entree into the leisure society at Bath. But, oh, the thrill of an unexpected invitation from the mysterious Tilney family to stay at their home-a veritable abbey.

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen ( Book )
788 editions published between 1800 and 2011 in 22 languages and held by 5,761 libraries worldwide
When a poor cousin, Fannie Price, comes to live at the estate of the sophisticated Bertram family, she suffers from the condescension of her haughty relatives and from the hopeless love she bears for their youngest son. Life becomes even more complicated when she is forced into a rivalry with a charming and vivacious newcomer. Fannie will have to question her most cherished beliefs about herself and her world as she struggles to make a home for herself. Displaying Austen's characteristic irony and perception, Mansfield Park delivers a scathing attack on social conventions that earned it a reputation as her most controversial novel.

Persuasion by Jane Austen ( Book )
712 editions published between 1816 and 2011 in 25 languages and held by 5,748 libraries worldwide
Austen's last novel is the crowning achievement of her matchless career. Her heroine, Anne Elliot, a woman of integrity, breeding and great depth of emotion, stands in stark contrast to the brutality and hypocrisy of Regency England. Includes a new Introduction by Margaret Drabble, famed novelist and editor of The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

The complete novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen ( Book )
50 editions published between 1811 and 2007 in English and held by 2,149 libraries worldwide
Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion.

The novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen ( Book )
242 editions published between 1838 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,681 libraries worldwide

Lady susan ; the watsons ; sanditon by Jane Austen ( Book )
11 editions published between 1974 and 2004 in English and Russian and held by 1,356 libraries worldwide
These three short works show Jane Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary stayles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings.

Lady Susan by Jane Austen ( Book )
167 editions published between 1871 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 1,338 libraries worldwide
Lady Susan, a clever and ruthless widow, determines that her daughter is going to marry a man whom both detest. Lady Susan sets her own sights on her sister-in-law's brother, all the while keeping an old affair simmering on the back burner. However, people refuse to play the roles that she assigns them, and in the end her daughter gets the sister-in-law's brother, the old affair runs out of steam, and all that is left for Lady Susan is the man intended for her daughter, the one neither can abide.