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Young and impressionable, Catherine Morland has an over-active imagination. After falling for the sophisticated Henry Tilney during a stay at Bath, she is invited to stay at his family home, the sinister-sounding Northanger Abbey. There, influenced by lurid Gothic novels, she imagines darkness and intrigue at every corner. Catherine must learn to distinguish between fiction and reality if she is to find the path to true love. Jane Austen's funniest, most optimistic novel is published for the first time in flipback classics - so now you can always carry an Austen in your pocket.

Attractive box set of paperback books. Features Persuasion, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility.

2012-es évkönyv Jane Austen kedvelőinek

These volumes represent each author's best and most famous writings. This finely crafted and affordable series offers the works of these world-renowned authors to a wider audience. Includes "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility,"

Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.

obsah: Dramatizace slavného románu, známého také z nedávné filmové verze, který s ironickým podtextem líčí život na anglickém venkově konce 18. století, tamní rodinné vztahy a neutuchající snahy matek najít pro své dcery vhodné ženichy.

This is an exquisitely designed edition of Jane Austen's first novel, a classic romance of manners. It features a satin-ribbon bookmark, distinctive stained edging and decorative marbled endpapers. After moving to a cottage in Devonshire, the women of the Dashwood family begin adjusting to a new life and a new social circle. Soon, Elinor is being courted by the gentlemanly Edward Ferrars and Marianne finds herself torn between two suitors, the brooding Colonel Brandon and social-climbing scoundrel John Willoughby. The love and heartbreaks that they all endure are shaped by the temperament of their time and place and the sense and sensibility of their society. Originally published in 1811, Jane Austen's first published novel is revered as a classic romance of manners. This exquisite collectible edition features an elegant bonded-leather binding, a satin-ribbon bookmark, distinctive stained edging and decorative marbled endpapers. It's the perfect gift for book-lovers and an artful addition to any home library.

This is an exquisite leatherbound edition of Jane Austen's classic novel of manners and mores. One of the most popular tales of romance in the English language, this volume features a satinribbon bookmark, distinctive stained edging and marbled endpapers. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'. So begins "Pride and Prejudice", Jane Austen's classic novel of manners and mores in early nineteenth century England. Attention centres on haughty Elizabeth Bennet and the dashing but aloof Fitzwilliam Darcy. Adversaries at first in the endless rounds of balls, parties and social gatherings, they soon develop a grudging respect for one another that blossoms into romance when each comes to appreciate the tender feelings that course beneath the veneer of their propriety and reserve. First published in 1813, "Pride and Prejudice" is one of the most popular tales of romance in the English language and a cornerstone of Jane Austen's reputation as one of the greatest novelists of all time. This exquisite collectible edition features an elegant bonded-leather binding, a satin-ribbon bookmark, distinctive stained edging, and decorative marbled endpapers. It's the perfect gift for book-lovers and an artful addition to any home library.

Vanity, not love, has been my folly When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved h imself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.

Ein schmuckes Herrenhaus mit Park und Stallungen in der stillen Landschaft von Northamptonshire: das ist "Mansfield Park", der Schauplatz dieses bewegten Familienromans. Im Kreis ihrer begüterten Verwandten hat die scheue Fanny kein leichtes Leben. Doch triumphiert zuletzt Charakterstärke über Geltungssucht, und Treue zu sich selbst wird in reichem Maße belohnt.

Elizabeth Bennett is young, clever and attractive, but her mother is a nightmare and she and her four sisters are in dire need of financial security and escape in the shape of husbands. The arrival of nice Mr Bingley and arrogant Mr Darcy in the neig hbourhood turns all their lives upside down in this witty drama of friendship, rivalry, enmity, and love.

Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Here in one volume are her seven great novels: "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion", and "Lady Susan". Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, Austen vividly portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close and the nineteenth century began. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage - marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not romances; ironic, comic, and wise, they are masterly evocations of the society Jane Austen observed. This beautiful volume covers the literary career of one of England's finest prose stylists of any century.

Ohlas první části románu Mladší setstra autorky Jane Austenové a Catherine Austenové Hubbackové nás přesvědčil v tom, že dílo velké spisovatelky, dokončené její talentovanou neteří, je stále živé. Ve tomto druhém díle trojsvazkového románu Mladší sestra se opět setkáváme se čtyřmi dcerami pana Watsona - nejstarší, laskavou Elizabeth, její krásnou mladší sestrou a naší titulní hrdinkou Emmou, marnivou Margaret a svéhlavou Penelopou. Po smrti svého otce, reverenda Watsona, jsou nuceny odejít ke svému bratru Robertovi a jeho nelaskavé ženě Jane do Croydonu. Penelopa a Margaret směřují ke splnění vysněného cíle - manželství - s rozhodností, jež nedbá na city jejich okolí a vlastně ani jich samých. Elizabeth posléze potkává štěstí v podobě ovdovělého Georga Millara, zatímco Emma, stále vzpomínající na pana Howarda, marně hledá únik z domu Roberta a Jane Watsonových, který se pro ni zvolna mění v rafinované vězení. Její švagrová Jane si je dobře vědoma toho, jak schopnou a hlavně levnou guvernantku pro svou dceru Žanetu v ní našla, a brání Emmě byť jen pomyslet na odchod. Ani to však nemůže zabránit mužům v Emmině okolí, aby neskládali hold její kráse a neobdivovali její intelekt. Na scénu tak vstupují nejen sir William Gordon (který ale miluje slečnu Osbornovou a posléze se stává jejím manželem), ale také směšný floutek Alfred Freemantle či prohnaný a elegantní doktor Morgan. Právě ten vymyslí ďábelskou lest, jak Emmě zlomit srdce a pak ji opustit, jak bývá v podobných případech jeho zvykem… Postavy, které jsme poznali v prvním díle - Emmin neohrabaný nápadník lord Osborne, jeho matka, jeho sestra Rosa, její přítelkyně slečna Carrová, bezohledný Tom Musgrove, jehož Margaret považuje za svého nastávajícího, tajná Emmina láska pan Howard či jeho sestra a synovec - pozorují ve druhém díle hemžení postav na scéně jaksi z povzdálí. O to víc se můžeme těšit na to, jak v závěrečné části vstoupí do děje. Zapomenout nesmíme ani na Emmě dosud neznámého bratra Sama - setkání s ním (byť při smutné příležitosti otcova skonu) jí udělá velkou radost a vynahradí jí chlad a vypočítavost staršího bratra Roberta, pod jehož ochranu se osiřelé dívky musí uchýlit. Ani Robert však není zcela bez citu.

"I should like to see Emma in love, and in some doubt of return; it would do her good," remarks one of Jane Austen's characters in Emma. Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of match-making select inhabita nts of the village of Highbury, yet aloof and oblivious as to the question of whom she herself might marry. This paradox multiplies the intrigues and sparkling ironies of Jane Austen's masterpiece, her comedy of a sentimental education through which Emma discovers a capacity for love and marriage. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Two sisters of opposing temperaments but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Sense and Sensibility. Elinor, practical and conventional, is the epitome of sense; Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the embodiment of sensibilit y. To each comes the sorrow of unhappy love: Elinor desires a man who is promised to another while Marianne loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. Their mutual suffering brings a closer understanding between the two sisters--and true love fina lly triumphs when sense gives way to sensibility and sensibility gives way to sense. Now an award-winning movie written by Emma Thompson. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

These three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings. The early epistolary novel LADY SUSAN depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toy ing with the affections of several men. In contrast, THE WATSONS is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine - Emma - finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Meanwhile SANDITON, set in a seaside resort, offers a glorious c ast of hypochondriacs and spectators, treated by Austen with both amusement and scepticism.