Jane Austen Novels and shorter works Introduction to each book by Richard Church Wood-engravings by Joan Hassall “We read and re-read the six novels … and still we cannot understand why these miniature comedies of late eighteenth-century English manners are universal and timeless, played upon by an exquisitely phrased irony, with every word set like a semi-precious stone in its context, and a rare diamond here and there to punctuate the wisdom.” (Source: Introduction to Shorter Works) Pages: 383, 309, 379, 300, 236, 232, 314 Binding: hardback, cloth-covered slipcase Dimensions: 22.5 x 14.5 cm Condition: books very good: spines, and especially the lettering, beginning to lose their freshness. Slipcase good, worn on two bottom edges, one corner bumped (see photograph) Titles: Emma Pride & Prejudice Mansfield Park Sense & Sensibility Persuasion Northanger Abbey Shorter Works