World Classics Series: Sense and Sensibility + Mansfield Park + Northanger Abbey (set of 7 Volumes in Total)
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This set of books includes "Sense and Sensibility Part 1 and Part 2", "Mansfield Park 3 Volumes" and "Northanger Abbey 1 and 2 Volumes", a total of 7 volumes. "Sense and Sensibility" is Jane Austen's humorous debut novel. Two sisters, Enoli and Mariana, were born into an English squire family. The elder sister is good at controlling her emotions with reason, but the younger sister's emotions are unrestrained. Therefore, when faced with love, they have different reactions... The novel takes the twists and turns of the complicated marriage of the two heroines as the main line, and raises the normative issues of morality and behavior through the humorous comparison of "reason and emotion". This book and the author's "Pride and Prejudice" can be called companion works. They also use delicate writing and vivid dialogue to tell the story of a girl without a wealthy dowry falling in love and getting married. As reflected in the title of the book, the story focuses on the conflict between "reason" and "emotion". "Manfield Park" takes the love and marriage of young men and women as its theme. Fanny was born into poverty and was adopted by her aunt, Sir Bertram and his wife, when she was 12 years old. Growing up in Mansfield Manor with four cousins, Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia, they were often treated unequally. Maria and Julia were spoiled and very vain, while Tom was irresponsible and addicted to gambling. Only his kind cousin Edmund treated him equally and kindly. As time goes by, Fanny's gratitude gradually turns into secret love. Although a lot happens in the middle, the novel ends with Fanny and Edmund getting married. There is a lot of irony in the novel, especially when it comes to the two aunts. Fanny's family background is significantly lower than that of the protagonists in other Austen novels, and in this regard this novel may be the most realistic of Austen's works. Edward Said once pointed out that Austen's avoidance of discussing the fact that the economic basis of Mansfield Park was slavery shows that Western culture lacks a self-reflective attitude towards the material benefits brought by slavery and imperialism. "Northanger Abbey" is a love novel. However, unlike other works, in addition to love disputes, the novel also ridicules Gothic novels from beginning to end. Therefore, this can be described as a "dual-theme" novel. The heroine Catherine is the daughter of a pastor, lively and lovely, upright and kind-hearted, and her family is well off. Seventeen years old, life is still like a pool of stagnant water. The Allens took her to Bath for a vacation, where she had an eye-opening experience and got acquainted with Henry Tilney, the son of a wealthy family, the minister and his sister Elinor. Her cuteness won her the sincere love of Henry Tilney and the sincere help of his sister Elinor Tilney. They quickly became good friends. But she also met some hypocritical and vain people, and luckily she saw through their faces. At the same time, she also met another young man, John Thorpe. In order to raise his own worth, Thorpe lied to Henry's father, General Tiny, about the Moran family's property. General Tiny believed the truth and tried his best to encourage his son to pursue Catherine. Later, Thorpe's hope of pursuing Catherine was shattered, and he became angry and overturned all the words he had praised the Moran family before, saying how poor her family was. General Tiny once again believed the lie, drove Catherine out of the house, and ordered his son to forget her. When Catherine returned home, her mother found that her lovely daughter had become so melancholy and completely different from before. The poor mother thought her daughter was nostalgic for the colorful world outside, but she didn't expect her daughter to grow up and find someone she likes. Later, Tierney's unexpected appearance finally made Catherine's parents understand that they must consider whether to agree to their daughter's marriage...
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