Persuasion

About: (Wiki) The story concerns Anne Elliot, an Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family moves to lower their expenses and reduce their debt by renting their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, Captain Frederick Wentworth, was engaged to Anne in 1806, but the engagement was broken Read more…

Northanger Abbey

About: (Wiki) Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels. Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennox‘s The Female Quixote (1752). Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, but not published until after Austen’s death in 1817. The story concerns Catherine Morland, the naïve young protagonist, and her journey to a better understanding of herself and Read more…

Mansfield Park

About: (Wiki) The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at the age of ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood. From early on critical interpretation has been diverse, differing particularly Read more…

Sense and Sensibility

About: (Wiki) Sense and Sensibility … was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the title page where the author’s name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16½) as they come of age. They have an older half-brother, John, and a younger Read more…

A Little Princess: Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time

Read online or download: …with Project Gutenberg! ⇨ [Text-only versions] [Versions w-images] PDF Download: Places to purchase: Thriftbooks.com – Distributor for private sellers AbeBooks.com – Distributor for private sellers Amazon.com – New & used paperback, hardcover, and Kindle Barnes&Noble – New: various formats Also check out your local libraries and Read more…

The Secret Garden

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