description: These timeless British classics are instantly recognizable and beloved. Fascinating in their diversity, they reveal the rich, evolving texture of England and society in the Romantic and Victorian era. A small sampling of this broad collection includes the science fiction of Edwin Abbott, in which he satirizes Victorian society with his fantasy about life in a two-dimensional world (Flatland); Jane Austen's magnificent novels of social order and morality (from Emma to Sense and Sensibility to perhaps her most mature novel, Persuasion); the extraordinary output of Charles Dickens, famous in his lifetime but iconic in the pantheon of world literature; the Sherlock Holmes adventures from Arthur Conan Doyle; the sensation novels of Wilkie Collins, which include ghost stories and plot lines to rival those of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann; the works of Thomas Hardy, from his first published novel Desperate Remedies to the haunting Jude the Obscure to the poetic Tess of the D'Urbervilles; and Oscar Wilde's scandalous Picture of Dorian Gray and his Complete Short Fiction.  These are but a few of the magnificent authors writing during this era. Informed by the changes brought on by the end of the French Revolution, the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and the age of Victoria, each brings their unique station and style to the English literary canon. This is a collection to wallow in. They are books that reference the heart and mind, the source material for hundreds of 20th-century films, and the inspiration for so many novelists to come.  Included in The English Collection are 119 titles:  Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Lady Susan; The Watsons; Sanditon by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Villette by Charlotte Bronte The Professor by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett Erewhon by Samuel Butler Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Armadale by Wilkie Collins The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Bleak House by Charles Dickens Great Expectations by Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Selected Short Fiction by Charles Dickens The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Hard Times by Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle The Lost World and Other Thrilling Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle Castle Rackrent and Ennui by Maria Edgeworth The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth Middlemarch by George Eliot Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot Romola by George Eliot The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Adam Bede by George Eliot Felix Holt, the Radical by George Eliot Silas Marner by George Eliot The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob by George Eliot Daniel Deronda by George Eliot North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Gothic Tales by Elizabeth Gaskell Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell Cranford and Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell New Grub Street by George Gissing The Odd Women by George Gissing She by H. Rider Haggard Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy The Distracted Preacher and Other Tales by Thomas Hardy The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy The Withered Arm and Other Stories by Thomas Hardy The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved and The Well-Beloved by Thomas Hardy The Fiddler of the Reels and Other Stories by Thomas Hardy The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu The Complete Fairy Tales by George Macdonald Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin Miss Marjoribanks by Margaret Oliphant Nightmare Abbey; Crotchet Castle by Thomas Love Peacock The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott Kenilworth by Walter Scott Waverley by Walter Scott Rob Roy by Walter Scott Ivanhoe by Walter Scott Guy Mannering by Walter Scott Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Dracula by Bram Stoker Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope The Warden by Anthony Trollope Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Complete Short Fiction by Oscar Wilde
language: English
title: The English Collection: 19th Century British Fictions
titlecomplete: The English Collection: 19th Century British Fictions
publisher: Penguin