Jane Austen Companions

The perfect gift book for Austen lovers who want more, Austen's advice will guide readers to find happiness and contentment, just as the heroines in her novels always do. The Jane Austen Companion to Love is full of Austen's most honest and endearing thoughts on love, such as:

"I consider everybody as having a right to marry once in their lives for love, if they can." —from a letter to her sister

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." —Emma Woodhouse, Emma

"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them." —from Mansfield Park

Includes beautiful original four-color illustrations created by well-known illustrators of the time Charles Edmund Brock and his brother, Henry Matthew Brock.

The perfect gift book for Austen lovers who want more, The Jane Austen Companion to Life is full of Austen's most honest thoughts on life, from practical to lighthearted to philosophic, such as:

"It is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible." —from Northanger Abbey

"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure." —Mary Crawford, Mansfield Park

"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." —Mrs. Elton, Emma

Includes beautiful original four-color illustrations created by well-known illustrators of the time Charles Edmund Brock and his brother, Henry Matthew Brock.