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T H E C O M P L E T E N O V E L S O F J A N E A U S T E N Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Others Jane Austen C O N T E N T S Love and Friendship and Other Early Works Lady Susan Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion About the Author About the Series Copyright About the Publisher L O V E A N D F R I E N D S H I P A N D O T H E R E A R LY W O R K S Jane Austen C O N T E N T S Preface Love and Friendship Lesley Castle The History of England Collection of Letters Scraps Preface I N A R E C E N T N E W S PA P E R controversy about the conventional silliness and sameness of all the human generations previous to our own, somebody said that in the world of Jane Austen a lady was expected to faint when she received a proposal. To those who happen to have read any of the works of Jane Austen, the connection of ideas will appear slightly comic. Elizabeth Bennett, for instance, received two proposals from two very confident and even masterful admirers; and she certainly did not faint. It would be nearer the truth to say that they did. But in ......