25 Favorite Novels (Anne of Green Gables/Avonlea, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Emma, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Little Women, My Antonia, O Pioneers!, Scarlet Letter/Pimpernel, Wives & Daughters, +)

by Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather, New World Publishers, LLC

Overview

Cozy up with some old friends--and maybe some new ones! Reread or catch up with 25 favorite classic novels. Perfect for curling up with by the fire or for decompressing with after a stressful day, these novels will bring you back to your favorite childhood moments or help you create a few new memories.

This book is one of our most popular for gifting to friends or young adult readers.

This volume features the following carefully-selected works by favorite authors:

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen (1813)
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen (1811)
Emma, by Jane Austen (1816)
Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen (1814)
Persuasion, by Jane Austen (1818)
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maude Montgomery (1908)
Anne of Avonlea, by Lucy Maude Montgomery (1909)
Anne of the Island, by Lucy Maude Montgomery (1915)
Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter (1913)
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott (1868)
Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott (1871)
Jo’s Boys, by Louisa May Alcott (1886)
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë (1847)
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë (1847)
The Call of the Wild, by Jack London (1903)
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1905)
Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy (1891)
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850)
The House of the Seven Gables, by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851)
Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell (1866)
Sons and Lovers, by D. H. Lawrence (1913)
The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Emma Orczy (1905)
O Pioneers!, by Willa Cather (1913)
My Antonia, by Willa Cather (1918)

Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012239457
Publisher:	New World Publishers, LLC
Publication date:	02/04/2014
Series:	Barnes & Noble Classics Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	79,047
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

In 1801, George Austen retired from the clergy, and Jane, Cassandra, and their parents took up residence in Bath, a fashionable town Jane liked far less than her native village. Jane seems to have written little during this period. When Mr. Austen died in 1805, the three women, Mrs. Austen and her daughters, moved first to Southampton and then, partly subsidized by Jane's brothers, occupied a house in Chawton, a village not unlike Jane's first home. There she began to work on writing and pursued publishing once more, leading to the anonymous publication of Sense and Sensibility in 1811 and Pride and Prejudice in 1813, to modestly good reviews.

Known for her cheerful, modest, and witty character, Jane Austen had a busy family and social life, but as far as we know very little direct romantic experience. There were early flirtations, a quickly retracted agreement to marry the wealthy brother of a friend, and a rumored short-lived attachment -- while she was traveling -- that has not been verified. Her last years were quiet and devoted to family, friends, and writing her final novels. In 1817 she had to interrupt work on her last and unfinished novel, Sanditon, because she fell ill. She died on July 18, 1817, in Winchester, where she had been taken for medical treatment. After her death, her novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published, together with a biographical notice, due to the efforts of her brother Henry. Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral.

Author biography courtesy of Barnes & Noble Books.

Date of Birth:

December 16, 1775

Date of Death:

July 18, 1817

Place of Birth:

Village of Steventon in Hampshire, England

Place of Death:

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Education:

Taught at home by her father