Here you’ll find the answers to any doubts you might have about details of the collection and subscription terms and conditions. For more information don’t hesitate to call our customer services centre on 0345 155 6396. Jane Austen completed only six official works during her lifetime. While this may present something of a seemingly limited representation of her talents, today each work is well-known and recognized around the globe, highly regarded for their clear messages delivered by a memorable cast of characters. No doubt her actual life and personal interactions benefited her writing prowess for each work takes on a life of its own. Because their heroines are women who embody freedom and the importance of being oneself. Women who are proud of being women and who insist on their rights and their role in society. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously together in four volumes in 1818. Austen’s earlier novels had been financially successful, but sales of the final two tailed off.

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Timeless Classics : a jewel of Victorian publishing designed to occupy a permanent place on our bookshelves

Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Louisa May Alcott… Timeless Classics offers you a superb selection of novels that revolutionised the female universe.