Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but brought her little fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies. Her novels have also inspired many films, including 1940's Pride and Prejudice, 1995's Sense and Sensibility and 2016's Love & Friendship.

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662 'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!' Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love. This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England. Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

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 fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist. The story's unlikely heroine is Catherine Morland, a remarkably innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage. While spending a few weeks in Bath with a family friend, Catherine meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, who invites her to visit his family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Catherine, a great reader of Gothic thrillers, lets the shadowy atmosphere of the old mansion fill her mind with terrible suspicions. What is the mystery surrounding the death of Henry's mother? Is the family concealing a terrible secret within the elegant rooms of the Abbey? Can she trust Henry, or is he part of an evil conspiracy? Catherine finds dreadful portents in the most prosaic events, until Henry persuades her to see the peril in confusing life with art. Executed with high-spirited gusto, Northanger Abbey is a lighthearted, yet unsentimental commentary on love and marriage.

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.

The Complete Novels

Jane Austen

Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, she paints vivid portraits of English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close. 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 mere romances; ironic, comic and wise, they are masterly studies of the society Jane Austen observed. The seven novels in this volume contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language. --back cover Emma / Lady Susan / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility

Persuasion

Jane Austen

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August 1816. She died, aged 41, in 1817; Persuasion was published in December that year (but dated 1818). Persuasion is linked to Northanger Abbey not only by the fact that the two books were originally bound up in one volume and published together, but also because both stories are set partly in Bath, a fashionable city with which Austen was well acquainted, having lived there from 1801 to 1805. Besides the theme of persuasion, the novel evokes other topics, such as the Royal Navy, in which two of Jane Austen's brothers ultimately rose to the rank of admiral. As in Northanger Abbey, the superficial social life of Bath-well known to Austen, who spent several relatively unhappy and unproductive years there-is portrayed extensively and serves as a setting for the second half of the book. In many respects Persuasion marks a break with Austen's previous works, both in the more biting, even irritable satire directed at some of the novel's characters and in the regretful, resigned outlook of its otherwise admirable heroine, Anne Elliot, in the first part of the story. Against this is set the energy and appeal of the Royal Navy, which symbolises for Anne and the reader the possibility of a more outgoing, engaged, and fulfilling life, and it is this worldview which triumphs for the most part at the end of the novel.

Sanditon, The Watsons, and Lady Susan

Jane Austen

Collected here are Jane Austen's three unfinished works; "Sanditon, The Watsons, and Lady Susan". "Sanditon" is the story of the idyllic modern seaside town and its inhabitants. "The Watsons" is the story of Mr. Watson, a widowed clergyman, and his two sons and four daughters. "Lady Susan", the most complete of the three, is an epistolary novel; the story of its title character, a woman who engages in affairs and searches for suitable husbands for herself and her young daughter. Also included here is a short essay on the "Plan of a Novel".

The Annotated Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

This first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels in the world is a sheer delight for Jane Austen fans. Here is the complete text of Pride and Prejudice with more than 2,300 annotations on facing pages, including: • Explanations of historical context Rules of etiquette, class differences, the position of women, legal and economic realities, leisure activities, and more. • Citations from Austen’s life, letters, and other writings Parallels between the novel and Austen’s experience are revealed, along with writings that illuminate her beliefs and opinions. • Definitions and clarifications Archaic words, words still in use whose meanings have changed, and obscure passages are explained. • Literary comments and analyses Insightful notes highlight Austen’s artistry and point out the subtle ways she develops her characters and themes. • Maps and illustrations of places and objects mentioned in the novel. • An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events Of course, one can enjoy the novel without knowing the precise definition of a gentleman, or what it signifies that a character drives a coach rather than a hack chaise, or the rules governing social interaction at a ball, but readers of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice will find that these kinds of details add immeasurably to understanding and enjoying the intricate psychological interplay of Austen’s immortal characters.

Lady Susan

Jane Austen

Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. A magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will delight Austen enthusiasts with its wit and elegant expression.

Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sanditon

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey depicts the misadventures of Catherine Morland, young, ingenuous, and mettlesome, and an indefatigable reader of gothic novels. Their romantic excess and dark overstatement feed her imagination, as tyrannical fathers and diabolical villains work their evil on forlorn heroines in isolated settings. What could be more remote from the uneventful securities of life in the midland counties of England? Yet as Austen brilliantly contrasts fiction with reality, ordinary life takes a more sinister turn, and edginess and circumspection are reaffirmed alongside comedy and literary burlesque. Also including Austen's other short fictions, Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sanditon, this valuable new edition shows her to be as innovative at the start of her career as at its close. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Love and Freindship (and Other Early Works)

Jane Austen

When a noble youth arrives unannounced to request the hand of the matchless Laura, it seems their future is one of contentment and bliss - that is until his family learn of the marriage and, one by one, they reject the new bride. So begins a series of unspeakable events that Laura must confront and overcome, by way of the occasional fainting fit and bout of delirium. Tragedy and comedy here go hand in hand as a very foolish young heroine is placed at the centre of Jane Austen's early satire on drawing-room society. Written as a series of letters, "Love and Friendship" is a delicious romp through the highs and lows of a young girl's lot in life and a precursor of Austen's later works of genius.

Гідність і гонор (Класика жанру)

Jane Austen

Спокійний світ родини Беннетів, які мають п’ять дорослих дочок, збурює новина: сусідній маєток орендував молодий заможний одинак містер Бінглі, який припав би до серця не одній юній панянці. Ба більше: у нового сусіди є неодружений приятель містер Дарсі, статки якого перевершують усі мрії мамусь незаміжніх дочок. До того ж містер Дарсі начебто накинув оком на одну з дівчат Беннетів — Елізабет. Та чи сподобається гонористий і бундючний містер Дарсі, попри свою вроду і статки, розумній і незалежній Елізабет? А може, вона й помиляється щодо справжньої натури відлюдькуватого містера Дарсі?..

Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

Jane Austen

From the publisher: Sanditon was Jane Austen's last novel, bequeathed unfinished to her niece. This is its completion, praised for its delicacy, wit and discretion. When Charlotte Heywood, eldest daughter of a family of fourteen, is invited to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Parker of Sanditon, she accepts with alacrity, intrigued to visit the once quiet town being promoted by Mr. Parker as the newly fashionable resort for sea-bathing. As a guest of the Parkers, Charlotte is introduced to the full range of Sanditon polite society, from Lady Denham to her impoverished ward Clara and from the feckless Sidney Parker to his hypochondriac sisters. A heroine whose clear-sighted common sense is often at war with romance, she cannot help observing around her both folly and romance in many guises, but can she herself resist the attractions of the heart?

Love and Friendship and Other Early Works

Jane Austen

A collection of Jane Austen's earliest writings, the "Juvenilia," not published in her lifetime. Immensely funny and remarkably sophisticated, their unerring accuracy has not diminished in 200 years. This captivating collection of the early works of Jane Austen uniquely displays the emerging talent of a brilliant and perceptive young woman. Completed before Austen was fifteen, the works are astonishing in their maturity. Blending the exuberance of youth with the sharp wit and devastating social criticism of her later novels, Love and Freindship is a collection not to be missed. 118 pp 5 x 8

Sanditon

Jane Austen

Charlotte Heywood is privileged to accompany Mr and Mrs Parker to their home in Sanditon – not least because, they assure her, it is soon to become the fashionable epicentre of society summers. Finding the town all but deserted, she is party to the machinations of her socially mobile hosts in their attempts to gather a respectable crowd, and Austen assembles a classic cast of characters of varying degrees of absurdity of sense. The last of Austen’s fiction works, written in the year before her death, when she was gravely ill, Sanditon affords a glimpse of the ultimate creative powers and preoccupations of one of the greatest figures in English literature.

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen (Leather-bound Classics)

Jane Austen

This new, enhanced leather-bound edition includes all the completed novels of beloved author Jane Austen. Jane Austen’s stories of clever women, elusive love, and social mores have struck a chord with millions of fans who consider her work compelling, heartwarming, and essential. Adapted time and again for screen and stage, these enduring classics remain as enjoyable as ever, and are the perfect addition to every home library. This collector’s edition includes all six of Austen’s completed novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. New readers will be enchanted once they open the genuine leather cover, see the specially designed endpapers, and read these brilliant stories, while readers familiar with Austen's genius will enjoy the introduction from an acclaimed Austen scholar that provides background and context for the works they’ve always loved.

Northanger Abby (Magnum Easy Eye Larger Type for Easy Reading)

Jane Austen

classic in paper back copy, 350 pages. larger type for easy reading;

Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon

Jane Austen

Collecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon is edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in Penguin Classics. 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, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, The Watsons is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Written in the last months of Austen's life, the uncompleted novel Sanditon, set in a newly established seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators, and shows an author contemplating a the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution with a mixture of scepticism and amusement. Margaret Drabble's introduction examines these three works in the context of Jane Austen's major novels and her life, and discusses the social background of her fiction. This edition features a new chronology.

The Annotated Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey, was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery.

Orgulho e Preconceito

Jane Austen

O conflito entre casar por amor e casar por estatuto é um tema central de «Orgulho e preconceito». Elizabeth Bennet, filha de um senhor provincial, lida com as tensões sociais do casamento e rejeita os avanços de Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, um rico proprietário de terras aristocráticas. Austen mostra como o amor deve ser capaz de superar as barreiras do orgulho e do preconceito, abordando a diferença social entre os protagonistas e o parco poder de decisão e livre arbítrio concedido à mulher na sociedade da época.

Orgueil et préjugés

Jane Austen

Mr et Mrs Bennett ont cinq filles a marier. A l'arrivee d'un nouveau et riche voisin, la famille espere que l'une d'entre elles pourra lui plaire... Au-dela des aventures sentimentales des cinq filles Bennett, Jane Austen depeint les rigidites de la societe anglaise au tournant du XIXe siecle. Le comportement et les reflexions d'Elizabeth Bennett, son personnage principal, revelent les problemes auxquels sont confrontees les femmes de la gentry campagnarde pour s'assurer securite financiere et statut social: la solution passe en effet par le mariage.Drole et romanesque, ce chef-d'oeuvre de Jane Austen continue a jouir d'une vive popularite et a donne lieu a de nombreuses adaptations.

Sanditon and The Watsons: The Unfinished Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Jane Austen: Seven Novels

Jane Austen

L'abbazia di Northanger

Jane Austen

Lady Susan / The Watsons / Sanditon

Jane Austen

Persuasion: (Classics hardcover) (Clothbound Classics) [Hardcover] [2012] (Author) Jane Austen, Gillian Beer, Coralie Bickford-Smith

Jane Austen

Lady Susan and Other Works

Jane Austen

Jane Austen: The Complete Works

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Persuasion

Jane Austen

Orgullo y prejuicio

Jane Austen

¿Por qué pagar más? Los clásicos de siempre al mejor precio y con fines solidarios. "Orgullo y prejuicio" de Jane Austen es una novela clásica que sigue la vida de Elizabeth Bennet, una joven ingeniosa y perspicaz, en la Inglaterra rural del siglo XIX. En medio de las expectativas sociales y las complejidades de la búsqueda del matrimonio, Elizabeth se ve envuelta en un juego de intrigas y malentendidos con el apuesto y enigmático señor Darcy. La historia se despliega como una comedia de costumbres que examina las relaciones familiares, las limitaciones sociales y la lucha entre el orgullo y el prejuicio. A medida que Elizabeth y Darcy superan malentendidos y prejuicios personales, la novela destaca el poder del amor y la importancia de la sinceridad en las relaciones. Con un agudo ingenio y una observación perspicaz de la sociedad de su tiempo, Austen crea una obra atemporal que sigue siendo apreciada por su aguda crítica social y su encantadora historia de amor.

Persuasión

Jane Austen

Lady Susan / Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

Two Histories of England

Jane Austen

Lady Susan / Los Watson

Jane Austen

Orgoglio e pregiudizio

Jane Austen

Jane Austen è una delle poche, autentiche grandi scrittrici che hanno saputo fare breccia nei cuori e nelle menti di tutti i lettori, senza eccezioni. Fra i suoi tanti capolavori, "Orgoglio e pregiudizio" (pubblicato nel 1813) è sicuramente il più popolare e amato: le cinque figlie dell'indimenticabile Mrs Bennet, tutte in cerca di un'adeguata sistemazione matrimoniale, offrono l'occasione per tracciare un quadro frizzante e profondo della vita nella campagna inglese di fine Settecento. I destini di Elizabeth, Jane, Mr Bingley e dell'ombroso Mr Darcy intrecciano un balletto irresistibile, una danza psicologica che getta luce sulla multiforme imprendibilità dell'animo umano, specie quando si trova alle prese con l'amore o qualcosa che all'amore somiglia.

Orgullo y prejuicio / Persuasión

Jane Austen

The Watsons

Jane Austen

Jane Austen: The Complete Novels

Jane Austen

E-artnow presents to you the complete novels by one of the greatest novelist of English literature. This collection Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abby Persuasion Lady Susan The Watsons Sanditon Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English author known for her novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her best known works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma. Austen's works are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism, and her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

Persuasão

Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen

The newest edition is here. Another alternate cover can be found here. Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect.

Lejos de Cassandra

Jane Austen

Les Watson

Jane Austen

Jane Austen: Complete Novels (Anthem Classics Deluxe Edition)

Jane Austen

Jane Austen's Letters

Jane Austen

[Penguin English Library Pride and Prejudice (The Penguin English Library)] [By: Austen, Jane] [December, 2012]

Jane Austen

Amor y amistad

Jane Austen

The history of England: From the reign of Henry the 4th to the death of Charles the 1st

Jane Austen

'The History of England', written when Jane Austen was in her late teens, is a lively and somewhat disrespectful overview of the history of England's monarchy. She sees nothing reprehensible in Richard III, yet burns with contempt for Elizabeth I, and documents several reigns with breezy nonchalance. This volume also contains 'Lesley Castle', a delightful and often hilarious correspondence detailing the mishaps and misapprehensions that befall five young ladies.

Vintage Minis: Marriage

Jane Austen

The Beautifull Cassandra (Penguin Little Black Classics, #33)

Jane Austen

Raison et Sentiments

Jane Austen

Emma: 200th-Anniversary Annotated Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Jane Austen

Cartas de Jane Austen (Portuguese Edition)

Jane Austen

Nesse tesouro literário, o leitor mergulhará no universo íntimo de Jane Austen, conhecendo suas opiniões e pensamentos. Ela não apenas aborda questões sociais e relações pessoais, mas também nos presenteia com narrativas cativantes, quase sempre cheias de ironia e humor. Através dessa obra, o leitor terá a chance de conhecer Jane Austen de uma forma completamente por meio de suas próprias palavras!

Jane Austen Collection - Jane Austen book set Pride and prejudice - Sense and sensibility - Persuasion - Mansfield park - Northanger abbey - Emma - Lady Susan - Love and Friendship (Annotated)

Jane Austen

Jane Austen Complete WorksThis is a complete compilation of all of Jane Austen's works including the following works by this magnificent Love & Friendship And Other Early Works Lady Susan Sense And Sensibility Pride And Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion

Love and Freindship: and Other Youthful Writings

Jane Austen