Great Works of Jane Austen

Contents: 1. Emma. 2. Pride and prejudice. 3. Sense and sensibility.

Emma was written in comic tone. It tells the story of Emma woodhouse, who finds her destiny in marriage. Emma is a wealthy pretty self satisfied young woman. She is left alone with her hypochondriac father. Her governess, Miss Taylor marries a neighbor Mr. Weston. Emma has too much time and she spends it choosing proper partners for her friends and neighbors blind to her own feelings.

Pride and prejudice describes the clash between Elisabeth Bennet the daughter of a country gentlemen, on intelligent young woman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. Their relationship starts form dislike, but Darcy becomes intrigued by her mind and spirit. At last they fall in love and are happily united.

Sense and sensibility is the story of the impoverished Dashwood sisters, Marianne and Elinor, who try to find proper husbands to secure their social position. The novel was written in 1797 as the revision of a sketch called Elinor and Marianne composed when the author was 20.