THE JANE AUSTEN MEGAPACK - Wildside Press

[crich70]

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THE JANE AUSTEN MEGAPACK

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. Austen lived her entire life as part of a close-knit family located on the lower fringes of the English landed gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to her development as a professional writer. From her teenage years into her thirties she experimented with various literary forms, including an epistolary novel (which she then abandoned), wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth. From 1811 until 1816, with the release of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began a third, which was eventually titled Sanditon, but died before completing it.

Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century realism. Her plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Her works, though usually popular, were first published anonymously and brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime, but the publication in 1869 of her nephew’s A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced her to a wider public, and by the 1940s she had become widely accepted in academia as a great English writer. The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship and the emergence of a Janeite fan culture.

[HarryT]

I'd really suggest getting my own thoroughly proofed versions of Austen's novels from the MR library. Even though I say so myself, they're much, much better than this.

[crich70]

I am working through the TOC to make it better. Not sure how good the quality of the actual text is yet. Wildside press does seem to have simple TOC's though. Just the title and no chapter headings.

[Calenorn]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'd really suggest getting my own thoroughly proofed versions of Austen's novels from the MR library. Even though I say so myself, they're much, much better than this.

I'll vouch for Harry in this. These illustrated versions are quite nice. Such as:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54795

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by Calenorn

I'll vouch for Harry in this.

Ditto. Why anyone from MR would go and buy books (except annotated editions from renowned publishers, of course) they can get here for free, often in far better quality, is beyond me anyway.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Ditto. Why anyone from MR would go and buy books (except annotated editions from renowned publishers, of course) they can get here for free, often in far better quality, is beyond me anyway.

I am not buying the megapack in question. It's this week's freebee.

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by crich70

I am not buying the megapack in question. It's this week's freebee.

I didn't see that. (But still you're putting in work to improve your freebie...)

[murg]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

I didn't see that. (But still you're putting in work to improve your freebie...)

It's a fixerupper.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'd really suggest getting my own thoroughly proofed versions of Austen's novels from the MR library. Even though I say so myself, they're much, much better than this.

+1.

What he said.