Jane Austen
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Jane Austen's‚ Love and Friendship, is an epistolary story, written in 1790 when she was fourteen, and dedicated to her cousin Eliza de Feuillide. Featuring improbable coincidences and turns of fate, in form, the story satirizes conventional romance novels of the time, and shows the early development of wit and observation that would make Austen one of the most famous of all British writers. Even the subtitle, "Deceived in Friendship and Betrayed...
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
Jane Austen is remembered for her six masterpieces of the Regency era: from the heroines of Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse, to the villains of Mrs. Norris and John Willoughby. But these characters were not born overnight. They sprung from Austen’s experiences as a young girl, and many early iterations can be found in the earliest of her writing: her...
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"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
Mr Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Sir Water Elliot, George Knightley and all your favourite characters!!
Your Deluxe Unabridged Annotated Edition contains
+ 3 Major Critical Essays –
"Jane Austen as a Girl"
"Austen's Husband"
"Portrait of a Lady"
+ Full Jane Austen Biography
+ Bibliography
...4) Jane Austen: Four Classic Novels: Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice / Emma / Persuasion
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Elegant, sophisticated, and full of humor and romance, the novels of Jane Austen have been favorites of readers around the world for more than two centuries. Although set at the turn of the nineteenth century, in the England that she herself knew, Austen's characters espouse values and sentiments that still speak to modern sensibilities. No author has captured so vividly the affairs of hearts in conflict with class and social convention. This volume...
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This special edition of Emma includes the famous illustrations by Charles Edmond Brock, created in 1898. Brock and his brothers were all successful illustrators of the day and often posed for each other using costumes, props and furniture in their Cambridge studio. Brock’s younger brother, Henry, also illustrated Austen’s books and joined him in illustrating other Austen releases for this set of 1898 editions.
In conceiving Emma Woodhouse,...
In conceiving Emma Woodhouse,...
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Elegant, sophisticated, and full of humor and romance, the novels of Jane Austen have been favorites of readers around the world for more than two centuries. Although set at the turn of the nineteenth century, in the England that she herself knew, Austen's characters espouse values and sentiments that still speak to modern sensibilities. No author has captured so vividly the affairs of hearts in conflict with class and social convention.
This volume...
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Collected together here are three of Jane Austen's posthumously published works; "Sanditon", "The Watsons", and "Lady Susan". These fragmentary tales show Austen experimenting with different literary styles and parodying the popular novels of her day. In "Sanditon," Austen uses the premise of an idyllic and modern seaside town to examine its inhabitants and their various social circles with her trademark sharp social observations and wit. "The Watsons"...
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A wonderful little collection of short stories told in the form of fictional letters by famous English author Jane Austen. Although written when she was just 14 years old for the enjoyment of family and friends, her witty dialogue and characteristic sense of humour are very much there. "A Collection of Letters" is one of Austen's earliest works (it includes her original spelling quirks) and is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed her...
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"Raised in England by adoptive parents, Alison Larkin was actually born in America. She herself is a comic writer and performer and she approaches Austen as a satirist...the voice reveals all." The New Yorker
Multi award-winning writer/narrator Alison Larkin brings the teenage writings of Jane Austen to sparkling new life in this delightful collection. Listeners will enjoy identifying where Jane Austen's later comic creations came from as they...
Multi award-winning writer/narrator Alison Larkin brings the teenage writings of Jane Austen to sparkling new life in this delightful collection. Listeners will enjoy identifying where Jane Austen's later comic creations came from as they...
11) Persuasion
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Plongez-vous dans l'élégance raffinée de l'Angleterre géorgienne avec "Persuasion", l'un des chefs-d'œuvre intemporels de Jane Austen. Au cœur de cette romance subtile se trouve Anne Elliot, une femme de caractère et de sensibilité, dont le destin prend une tournure inattendue lorsqu'elle est confrontée à une ancienne flamme, le charismatique Capitaine Wentworth. Entre les salons élégants de Bath et les somptueuses demeures de la campagne...
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This volume presents three of Jane Austen's smaller works, treating readers to the author's timeless observations on life and love in nineteenth-century England. In Lady Susan, a beautiful and flirtatious widow seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. Through a series of crafty maneuvers, Susan pursues her schemes by filling her calendar with invitations for extended visits with unsuspecting...
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"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is a literary masterpiece that unfolds with the grace and wit characteristic of the author's keen observational skills and biting social commentary. Set against the backdrop of Regency-era England, the novel is a timeless exploration of love, class, and the complexities of human relationships.
At the heart of the narrative is the headstrong and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet, one of five daughters in the Bennet...
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is eminently, delightfully, and delectably quotable. This truth goes far beyond the first line of Pride and Prejudice, which has muscled out many other excellent sentences. So many gems of wit and wisdom from her novels deserve to be better known, from Northanger Abbey on its lovable, naive heroine-"if adventures will not befal a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad"-to Persuasion's...
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Jane Austen's popular novel Pride and Prejudice is an inversion of the classic love-at-first-sight cliche: Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet meet at a ball. Darcy isn't amused; Elizabeth detests him immediately. Only after a slew of misunderstandings and a triumphant victory over pride and prejudices, do the two of them finally fall in love. Austen paints a detailed portrait of society in her place and time. She brings into sharp focus the limited...
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Although the four novels published in her lifetime were well-received, much of Jane Austen's notoriety came about after her death. Her decision to publish anonymously was a standard for women in the early 19th century and furnished one of the most beloved writers in English literature little personal acclaim during her lifetime. The stories in this collection are drawn from the manuscripts of the author that are commonly referred to as her "Juvenilia"....
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Emma Woodhouse, Anfang Zwanzig, führt den Haushalt ihres gesundheitlich angeschlagenen Vaters. Etwas zu selbstbewusst und altklug hat sie für das Leben anderer immer ein passendes Rezept parat. Das führt zu Missverständnissen und Liebeskummer. Doch Emma hat genug Humor, um über sich selbst zu lachen. Nicht zuletzt deshalb lösen sich die Verwirrungen und Verwicklungen und alles findet eine gutes Ende.
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Selbst Liebhaber ihrer sechs Romane wissen häufig nicht, dass Jane Austen schon zwischen ihrem elften und siebzehnten Lebensjahr eine ganze Reihe kürzerer fiktionaler Texte schrieb. Diese blieben lange im Besitz der Familie, die es nicht für angebracht hielt, "diesen Werdegang der Öffentlichkeit zu enthüllen". Janes Jugendwerke wurden deshalb zum allergrößten Teil erst im 20. Jahrhundert zugänglich. Es sind Texte von überbordender Phantasie,...
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Acht Jahre ist es her, dass sich Anne Elliot von ihrem Vater überreden ließ, den Heiratsantrag Frederick Wentworths zurückzuweisen. Fortan hat Anne freudlos auf dem Herrensitz ihres Vater gelebt, während aus Wentworth ein wohlhabender und weltgewandter Marineoffizier geworden ist. Als sich beide eines Tages wieder begegnen, beginnt eine zaghafte Annäherung, die in einer der originellsten Liebeserklärungen der Weltliteratur ihren Höhepunkt findet....
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Der posthum veröffentlichte Roman gehört zu den frühen Werken der englischen Klassikerin Jane Austen: Die siebzehnjährige Catherine Morland beeindruckt den jungen Geistlichen Henry Tilney mit ihrer frischen, naiven Art. Bevor Henry und Catherine ein Paar werden können, müssen sie allerhand kleine und große Hürden überwinden.