Four timeless classics in one volume! In one volume, Jane Austen's four most beloved and influential novels. Included in this volume: Sense and Sensibility - Pride and Prejudice - Persuasion - Northanger Abbey Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, to George Austen, a rector, and his wife, Cassandra. Her novels include Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion , published together posthumously in 1818. A short epistolary novel, Lady Susan , and another unfinished work, The Watsons , were publish posthumously in 1871, and a final unfinished novel, Sanditon , was eventually published in 1925. Her works are considered to be among the finest examples of early 19th century British literature, hallmarks of the transition to 19th century literary realism.