{"product_id":"9780679447191","title":"Sanditon and Other Stories","description":"By: Jane Austen   | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Series \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of Jane Austen’s six great novels are left hungering for more, and more there is: the marvelous unpublished manuscripts she left behind, collected here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSanditon \u003c\/i\u003emight have been Austen’s greatest novel had she lived to finish it. Its subject matter astonishes: here is Austen observing the birth pangs of the culture of commerce, as her country-bred heroine, a foolish baronet, a family of hypochondriacs, and a mysterious West Indian heiress collide against the background hum of real-estate development at a seaside resort.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Watsons\u003c\/i\u003e, begun in 1804 but never completed, tells the story of a young woman who was raised by a rich aunt and who finds herself shipped back to the comparative poverty and social clumsiness of her own family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novella \u003ci\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/i\u003e is a miniature masterpiece, featuring Austen’s only villainous protagonist. Lady Susan’s subtle, single-minded, and ruthless pursuit of power makes the reader regret that Austen never again wrote a novel with a scheming widow for its heroine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe special joy of this collection lies in Austen’s juvenilia–tiny novels, the enchantingly funny \u003ci\u003eLove and Freindship\u003c\/i\u003e, comic fragments, and a (very) partial history of England–romping miniatures that she wrote in her teens. Their high spirits, hilarity, and control offer delicious proof that Austen was an artist “born, not made.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"US - Hardback","offer_id":46760934277347,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780679447191","price":197.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780679447191.jpg?v=1751659042","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9780679447191","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}