Features the Wordsworth Collection of Classic Romances which includes "Pride and Prejudice", "Persuasion", "Jane Eyre", "Wuthering Heights" and "Tess of the d'Urbervilles".

Pride and Prejudice

JANE AUSTEN constructed Pride and Prejudice, with wit, social precision and an irresistible heroine. Beginning with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, it is a perfect ironic novel of manners.

Persuasion

JANE AUSTEN'S question 'What is persuasion?' - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? - is the force behind this novel. Anne Elliot, one of Austen's quietest yet strongest of heroines, is also open to change.

lane Eyre

CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S poor, plain, but plucky heroine, possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order.

Wuthering Heights

EMILY BRONTE'S tale is a wild, passionate story of intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and the adopted foundling Heathcliff. Humiliated by Hindley, Catherine's brother, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights, but in time he returns to exact a terrible revenge.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

SET IN HARDY'S Wessex, Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, a poor village girl, her relationships with two very different men,her fluctuating fortunes and her search for respectability.

JANE AUSTEN 1820-49

 Pride and Prejudice-1813

 Persuasion-1818

CHARLOTTE BRONTE 1816-55

 Jane Eyre-October 1847

EMILY BRONTE 1818-48

 Wuthering Heights 1847

THOMAS HARDY 1840-1928

 Tess of the d'Urbervilles 1891