The Jane Austen Annotated Editions
The Series
These richly illustrated and annotated oversize editions instruct readers in a larger appreciation of Austen’s novels and the world their author inhabited. The abundance of color illustrations allows readers to see the characters, locations, clothing, and carriages of the novels, as well as the larger historical events that shape their action. Marginal notes provide running commentary on the novels, explaining unfamiliar words, allusions, and contexts while bringing together critical observation and scholarship for the ultimate reading experience. These beautiful editions are designed to last for generations. Lovers of Austen’s novels and book collectors will want to own and treasure all of the volumes in Harvard University Press’s Annotated Austen series.
See What’s Inside…
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Critical Acclaim for Pride and Prejudice…
“[A] beautiful new illustrated edition… The great benefit of Spacks’s notes, set out in columns beside the text, and sometimes occupying whole facing pages, is that they make you read more slowly. Instead of letting Austen’s delicious confection slip down like a syllabub, you have to think about each sentence, and that enriches and complicates everything… Pride and Prejudice is a rarity among great books in being both a trenchant moral tale and the wispiest wish fulfillment, as unreal as Cinderella.”—John Carey, The Sunday Times
…for Persuasion…
“This gorgeous annotated edition of Persuasion, the second annotated Austen title Belknap Harvard has released, is a must for all Janeites. For those unfamiliar with Austen’s milieu, Morrison’s notes provide basic information, such as explanations of words or phrases and geographical information. However, Morrison goes beyond the basics in his notes, explaining the intricacies of the Navy and providing details about Austen’s allusions to figures such as Samuel Johnson. He also provides a fine scholarly analysis of the novel, including an extended discussion—in which he quotes the premier Austen scholars—of Captain Wentworth’s letter. And his preface firmly places the novel in the events of its setting, especially the Napoleonic Wars (which Austen never overtly refers to). The beauty of this book is the lovely pictures, such asfashion plates, naval scenes, sketches of Bath, and illustrations from various editions of the novel. This volume should please all readers, from those reading Persuasion for the first time to seasoned Austen scholars. The volume has been generating a lot of excitement in both scholarly and popular Austen circles, and rightly so!”—L.J. Larson, Choice
…and for Emma:
“Bharat Tandon’s edition of Emma is a delight to read, as pleasurable as it is thought-provoking. He captures both the delights of Austen’s novel and the way that those delights are shadowed by darker intimations.”—Deidre Lynch, University of Toronto
The Books
- Pride and Prejudice, edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks
- Persuasion, edited by Robert Morrison
- Emma, edited by Bharat Tandon
- Sense and Sensibility, edited by Patricia Meyer Spacks (forthcoming fall 2013)
- Mansfield Park, edited by Deidre Lynch (forthcoming fall 2014)
- Northanger Abbey, edited by Susan J. Wolfson (forthcoming fall 2015)
