Jane Austen
1) The Watsons
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Jane Austen's unfinished novel‚ The Watsons tells the story of a widowed clergyman and his two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, returns home after being raised by a wealthy aunt. Better-educated and more genteel than her other sisters, she looks on disapprovingly at the husband-hunting of two of her sisters, and relates better to her more responsible oldest sister, Elizabeth. Various would-be suitors appear, including the boorish...
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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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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.
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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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First published in 1932, this fantastic volume contains a large collection of letters written by famous English author Jane Austen. Although on the surface a series of discussions about silk stockings, dinner menus and attending dances, and other trivial matters, these letters offer the reader unique insights in the life and mind of this great author. "The Letters of Jane Austen" is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed her works and...
6) Lady Susan
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Lady Susan is a short, epistolary novel by Jane Austen. Lady Susan Vernon is a selfish, attractive, and unscrupulous woman, who tries to trap the best possible husband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. As a widow, she seeks a match for herself, as well as husband-hunting for her daughter. Lady Susan is not only beautiful but intelligent and witty; she's highly attractive to men and her suitors are always significantly younger. Inspired...
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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 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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La autora inglesa Jane Austen (1775-1817) es una de las voces más reconocidas de la literatura de habla inglesa, y quizás de la literatura universal. Sus obras fueron consideradas adelantadas a su tiempo por la forma de abordar temas como la percepción del rol de la mujer en la Inglaterra de transición entre los siglos XVIII y XIX, el matrimonio como instrumento de control social y el hermetismo y sectarismo de la alta sociedad inglesa.
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Ein Roman aus dem ländlichen England des 18. Jahrhunderts über die beiden Schwestern Elinor und Marianne, die bis zum Traualtar einen dornenreichen Weg zurücklegen müssen. Sie sind charakterisiert durch "sense" und "sensibility"? durch Verstand und Gefühl. Jane Austen verwickelt sie in eine turbulente Geschichte mit bittersüßem Ende.
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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; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Sanditon; The Watsons; Lady Susan; Love and Friendship.
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Praised by critics and studied by scholars, Jane Austen's novels endure because of their popularity with readers. The author's witty and astute observations elevate her tales of parties, gossip, and romance into matters of captivating drama, offering an evocative portrait of everyday life in the towns and countryside of Regency England. Austen's premature death at the age of forty-two curtailed her legacy, and her devotees have eagerly read and re-read...
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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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"Emma" is the fourth book by celebrated British author Jane Austen and the final book to be published during her lifetime.
The story concerns Emma Woodhouse, a precocious young lady who fancies herself a matchmaker and thus intrudes upon the love lives of her friends and relations to find them suitable mates. When she attempts to cement the romance between her cousin Harriet (a girl of modest means) and a wealthy suitor, Emma is admonished...
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Jane Austen war eine große Briefschreiberin. Sie schrieb über die Mode und das Wetter, den Haushalt, Bälle und Abendunterhaltungen. In ihrer Korrespondenz findet sich allerhand Privates, Familiäres und Alltägliches, das sie gewohnt geistreich, klatschfreudig und amüsiert kommentiert. Eine Auswahl der schönsten Briefe lässt Jane Austens Fühlen, Denken und Schreiben nachempfinden und zeichnet ein lebensnahes Bild der englischen Gesellschaft...
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"The History of England" is a 1791 novel by English author Jane Austen. Written when she was just fifteen years old (it includes her original spelling quirks), it is a humorous burlesque on the popular history books contemporarily used in school. Within it, Austen comically mimics the style of writing characteristic of these books, mocking the dubious objectivity of the historians in question. With outrageous characters and Austen's famously sharp...
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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.
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The Complete Novels of Jane Austen brings together the indelible characters, picturesque locations, and masterful storytelling of Jane Austen, one of the most beloved and celebrated authors of all time. This special ebook edition includes all of Austen's published works: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Love and Friendship and Other Early Works, Lady Susan, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. These novel contain some...
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This volume contains two novels by English author Jane Austen. "Lady Susan" is a short novel by Jane Austen, written in 1794 and first published in 1871. Presented as a series of letters, it tells the story of the beautiful yet notorious Lady Susan and her schemes to find an advantageous second marriage for herself, while also forcing her daughter into a loveless match. Unfinished at the time her Austen's death, "The Watsons" follows Emma, a young...