Three classics about love, class, and social expectations by one of the greatest English authors of the nineteenth century. This collection of Jane Austen's novels includes three timeless classics. Persuasion : A woman is pressured by her family to end her engagement to a man of modest means—then meets him again years later, when both of their circumstances have changed. Northanger Abbey : A young woman besotted by gothic novels sees danger lurking everywhere, but she soon learns more about the perils of real life in this wise, satirical novel. Pride and Prejudice : The basis of countless film and television adaptations, Austen's tale of the Bennet family and Mr. Darcy is considered her masterpiece.