Jane Austen - Libros y biografía

Set against the backdrop of the rigid social conventions of 19th-century England, "Pride and Prejudice" unveils an intricate interplay of emotions and values. Elizabeth Bennet, a fearless and intelligent...

A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.It is night and an exhausted Jane Austen sleeps over...

Mansfield Park est un roman de la femme de lettres anglaise Jane Austen paru en 1814, le premier entièrement écrit dans ses années de maturité, puisqu'elle y a travaillé durant l'année 1813. Souvent considéré...

Inspired by Les Liaisons Dangereuses and written in a similar epistolary form, Lady Susan was one of Austen's earliest finished works. In it she reveals all the caustic wit and brilliant social satire...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. At least Mrs Bennet is determined that this is the case, but as she pushes her...

Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks a new and advantageous marriage for herself, and at the same time attempts to push her daughter into marriage with a man she detests....

Set in southwest England, the novel portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters. Considered a pioneer of romance genre, Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published work of romantic...

Emma vit avec son père, un vieil homme veuf et malade. Elle est belle intelligente et riche. Avec le mariage de sa gouvernante qui la quitte, Emma décide de s'occuper du mariage de nombre de ses relations....

At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually...

The love story between the aristocratic Ann and the bourgeois Frederich, is a feeling that will be able to overcome the difference in social class and a separation lasted seven long years.

A wonderfully entertaining coming-of-age story, Northanger Abbey is often referred to as Jane Austen's "Gothic parody." Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical...

Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor,...

Fanny Price, a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, is taken to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. Fanny grows up with her four older...

Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Besides the theme of persuasion, the novel evokes other topics, such as the Royal Navy, in which two of Jane Austen's brothers...

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners,...

Pride And Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature. Excitement fizzes through the Bennet...

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel, published posthumously. As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end in 1814, Admirals and Captains of the Royal Navy are put ashore, their work done. Anne Elliot...

Jane Austen - At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunts husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral...

This book contains several HTML tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those...

Austen's "most wicked tale," Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. Lady Susan is a selfish, attractive woman, who tries to trap...

Libro a layout fisso Lady Susan, scritto in forma epistolare, racconta gli intrighi e i retroscena messi in atto dall’astuta protagonista a cui il romanzo deve il titolo. Questa, amante del lusso e del...

The ultimate bundle for Jane Austen Fans This collection contains 10 of Jane Austen's works ranging from her most famous to her early letters and unfinished novels. Included in this bundle: • Emma...

Der Hauptcharakter ist Fanny Price, die Zweitälteste einer armen, kinderreichen Familie. Sie wird nach Mansfield Park geholt, um dort bei einer Schwester ihrer Mutter, Lady Bertram, zu leben, die mit...

Introduction and Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood, University of Sussex. Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it...

Die kluge, selbstbewusste aber auch verwöhnte junge Emma Woodhouse lebt ein Leben ohne finanzielle Nöte. Um sich die Langeweile auf dem elterlichen Besitz zu vertreiben, versucht sie sich - mal recht,...

This version is fully illustrated with all the original drawings. It also includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created. To contend, however, for a moment that...

This version is fully illustrated with all the original drawings. It also includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created. We, therefore, bestow no mean compliment...

What Would You Choose: Duty or Happiness?“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” - Jane Austen, Mansfield ParkFanny Price is a young little lady who has the...

This annotated version is fully illustrated with the original drawings. It also includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created. To say nothing of the supreme excellence...

Sense and Sensibility (1811) is Jane Austen's first published novel. It is a book about love and romance that follows the life of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. When their father dies and his property...