The novel of manners is a realistic story that concentrates the reader's attention upon the customs and conversation, and the ways of thinking and valuing of the people of a social class. This Golden Deer Classics collection comprises the following classic novels of manners: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Anna Karenina - Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Bel-Ami - Guy de Maupassant Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton