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Emma / Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Marilyn Butler. by Series: Everyman's library ; 36
Edition: 1st ed.
Material type:  Text; Format:
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Fiction
Publication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, [1991]
Dissertation note: The most perfect of Jane Austen’s perfect novels begins with twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse comfortably dominating the social order in the village of Highbury, convinced that she has both the understanding and the right to manage other people’s lives–for their own good, of course. Her well-meant interfering centers on the aloof Jane Fairfax, the dangerously attractive Frank Churchill, the foolish if appealing Harriet Smith, and the ambitious young vicar Mr. Elton–and ends with her complacency shattered, her mind awakened to some of life’s more intractable dilemmas, and her happiness assured
Availability: Not available: Centeral Library: Checked out (1).
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Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Claudia L. Johnson. by Series: Everyman's library ; 109
Edition: Reprint Edition.
Material type: Text; Format:
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Fiction
Publication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1992
Dissertation note: Northanger Abbey is a perfectly aimed literary parody that is also a withering satire of the commercial aspects of marriage among the English gentry at the turn of the nineteenth century. But most of all, it is the story of the initiation into life of its naïve but sweetly appealing heroine, Catherine Morland, a willing victim of the contemporary craze for Gothic literature who is determined to see herself as the heroine of a dark and thrilling romance. When she is invited to Northanger Abbey,
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (1)Call number: 823.7 A.J.N 1992.
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Persuasion / by Jane Austen ; with an introduction by Forrest Reid by Series: World's classics ; 356
Edition: 1st ed.
Material type: Text; Format:
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Novels
Publication details: London : Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1930
Dissertation note: Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt, at the same time as the wars come to an end
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (1)Call number: 823.74 A.J.P 1930.
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Persuasion / Jane Austen. by
Edition: 1995 Modern Library ed.
Material type: Text; Format:
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Fiction
Publication details: New York : Modern Library, 1995
Dissertation note: Of all Jane Austen’s great and delightful novels, Persuasion is widely regarded as the most moving. It is the story of a second chance.
Availability: Items available for loan: Centeral Library (1)Call number: 823.74 A.J.P 1995.
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