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Praise for Persuasion

Everyone has their Austen, and this is mine. Sparer, more savage - and also more poignant than Pride and Prejudice, this is a novel that tells us wisely and wittily about the nature of romantic entanglements and the ...

Nigella Lawson

I worship all of Austen's novels, but if I have to choose one over the others, I plump for the autumnal pleasures of Persuasion. This is the last work Austen completed before her death in 1817, and it is rather more ...

Zoe Heller

A subtle and elegiac novel - more heartfelt than some of her earlier romances and with a truly appealing heroine

Joanna Trollope

Everyone has their Austen, and this is mine. Sparer, more savage - and also more poignant than Pride and Prejudice, this is a novel that tells us wisely and wittily about the nature of romantic entanglements and the ...

Nigella Lawson

I worship all of Austen's novels, but if I have to choose one over the others, I plump for the autumnal pleasures of Persuasion. This is the last work Austen completed before her death in 1817, and it is rather more ...

Zoe Heller

A subtle and elegiac novel - more heartfelt than some of her earlier romances and with a truly appealing heroine

Joanna Trollope

Everyone has their Austen, and this is mine. Sparer, more savage - and also more poignant than Pride and Prejudice, this is a novel that tells us wisely and wittily about the nature of romantic entanglements and the ...

Nigella Lawson

I worship all of Austen's novels, but if I have to choose one over the others, I plump for the autumnal pleasures of Persuasion. This is the last work Austen completed before her death in 1817, and it is rather more ...

Zoe Heller

A subtle and elegiac novel - more heartfelt than some of her earlier romances and with a truly appealing heroine

Joanna Trollope

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Clothbound Classics

Penguin Classics

Photo of the books in our Jane Austen Complete Works Boxset, available on the Penguin Shop

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Jane Austen: The Complete Works Boxed Set

The seven books in our Jane Austen boxed set contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language. Shop the collection now on the Penguin Shop.

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Penguin English Library

Vintage Classics

Photo of the Vintage Classics Austen book bundle, including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Northanger Abbey

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Vintage Classics Austen bundle

Grab beautiful Vintage Classics editions of six of Jane Austen's essential works over on the Penguin Shop.

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Everyman's Library Classics

BBC Audiobooks

Books inspired by Jane Austen