Loved the book, but one drawback for the Kindle.

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	• The Complete Novels (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Jane Austen Penguin Classics, 2006 - 1088 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Loved the book, but one drawback for the Kindle.

I appreciated rereading Austen's work over the summer, and it was a natural choice for me to get it on my new Kindle. The pages look great and the type is adjustable. The one drawback was the size of the illustrations. Condensed onto the Kindle's screen they were difficult to appreciate. The fact that the book in e-version is so light to carry made up for this. It also made a difference in that the Kindle helped me look up the word "eclaircissement" as I was reading it.

Very fine indeed

The Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of the Complete Novels of Jane Austen is a high quality paperback reprint of the hardbound Gramercy Classics edition held by many libraries - same good, clear typeface, same charming 1880's era illustrations. This is a large, well-made paperback that will stand up to many readings. It's pleasant to hold, with the lovely detail of rough-cut pages. They're all here: Elinor, that blighter Willoughby, Mr. Darcy, Emma, and the estimable Captain Wentworth, along with every other character Jane Austen dreamed up. Truly, it's a delightful edition.

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With Austen You Can't Go Wrong!

What a wonderful book to give, receive and to read and read again. One of my all time favorites. Highly recommended.

Definitely recommended.

I was looking for an edition of Austen's collected works that fit well in my hands, and this fits the bill. The pages are crisp, clean and the typeset is quite handsome (rather easy on the eyes). It isn't too heavy or bulky and the pages don't unknowingly flail out of place--causing you to lose your spot. For the layperson, the introduction is an added benefit, but if you're smart you'll just skip right to desert and dive into Austen.

On a side note: My copy has been through quite the beating. Several cherry danishes were inadvertently smashed into the pages, a glass of water was spilled and to top it all off: I dragged it all around the Americas while traveling this summer. So, believe it or not--it still looks brand new.

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Too Big

I love Jane Austen's books, of course, and it was unbelievably exciting for me to finally read them all. The only issue I have is that the majority of my reading occurs when I'm laying down for bed, and this book is way too big too hold up. It's huge. I think I'm going to gift it to someone and buy individual hardcover copies of each book.

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Now in Penguin Classics?a treasure trove of Jane Austen?s novels

Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Here in one volume are her seven great novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, Austen vividly portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close and the nineteenth century began. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage?marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not romances; ironic, comic, and wise, they are masterly evocations of the society Jane Austen observed. This beautiful volume covers the literary career of one of England?s finest prose stylists of any century.

?These modern editions are to be strongly recommended.?
?Brian Southam, The Jane Austen Society

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