- Leather Bound: 808 pages
- Publisher: Canterbury Classics (Feb 24 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1607100681
- ISBN-13: 978-1607100683
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 5.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #57,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Having chosen to publish anonymously during her lifetime, Jane Austen is enjoying extraordinary fame and fortune today as a best-selling author. In recent years, Jane Austen has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity-her books have been made into films, real box-office powerhouses, and gorgeous television mini-series starring some of the most notable actors of the day; she's a darling of book clubs, and her beloved books even star as protagonists in new novels such as the best-selling book, "The Jane Austen Book Club." Canterbury Classics is proud to present Jane Austen, an elegantly bound collection of four of her best-loved novels: "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," "Emma," and "Northanger Abbey." Bound in supple leather with padded covers, gold foil stamping, and pretty gilded edges, "Jane Austen" is an essential book for fans of English literature around the world.
About the Author
Born December 16, 1775, Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated authors of the English language. Her fiction is known for its witty satires on English society. Austen wrote anonymously during her life and wasn't widely recognized as a great English writer until after her death in 1817.
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Mistaken Identity,
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This review is from: Jane Austen (Leather Bound)
If you look at the cover of the red book you will see it only contains four novels and it is not a boxed set. The only review offered concerns the boxed set which contains 6 adorable hardbound ribbon-marked editions of 6 novels by Jane in their original and unabridged versions. Although the books are small and cute, they are not rewritten or shortened for children. Children do love them since they are so small, but so is the print and all the big words and "boring" parts are left in. I love the boxed set and got one for a 13 year old granddaughter for Christmas. And yes, if you can get it for $24.95, definitely go for it. I have seen them sold for up to $65.00.The red leather bound edition of Jane will make a lovely gift also, especially since there's all that shiny gold on it. Someone will buy it just to put on a shelf for looks. And the novels inside are our old friends that we love so well.
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Jane Austen Canterbury Classics in Bonded Leather,
By Investor - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Jane Austen (Leather Bound)
This Canterbury Classic version of Jane Austen's four best novels is a great value purchase. The gilded pages are beautiful. The print font is perfect, and I have had no problem reading the book.I do want to point out that all 6 of these Canterbury Classic books are listed INCORRECTLY on Amazon as being "Leather Bound" books. They are NOT. They are of "Bonded Leather," which is a mixture of real leather bits and pieces and PLASTIC pieces. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well-made book for the price,
By RenaissanceLawyer - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Jane Austen (Leather Bound)
The Canterbury Classics series, if not bound in genuine leather, (I believe it is "bonded leather" which is leather scraps melted into a chemical slurry and then reconstituted) is still a very classy and elegantly bound set. The gold bonded paper, intricate patterning on the covers and pleasant typefaces all contribute to what is a tremendous deal for the going rate. In this case, I only wish all of Austin's works were included and not only the four here. But this is a good start, nonetheless. Austin is one of the last great novelists who still thought and wrote in a context of authentic virtue ethics, something our contemporary culture is now unfortunately deprived of.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Love it!,
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The Jane Austen Canterbury Classics Edition is totally worth the buy. I'd read Pride and Prejudice on my Kindle and loved the story. I decided that I wanted to read others of Jane Austen so I found this one in actual paper form and I love it so much! It really is much prettier in real life than in the picture. The leather is nice and sturdy, the binding excellent, the gilded pages look beautiful...by and by this is an astounding edition of Jane Austen, especially for the frugal price! It IS is a little over 800 pages so the book its not exactly LIGHT per se, but it's not necessarily HEAVY. And I know other reviewers have commented on the small print. Yes, the print is small but still readable. It hasn't hindered my reading abilites by any means.Overall, A must-have in any home library! I definitely will be buying other authors through the Canterbury Classics, starting next with Mark Twain perhaps. I recommend it to all Jane Austen fans. You won't be disappointed with the purchase. |
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