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Jane Austen's acclaimed comedy of manners contains a truly memorable cast of characters, including the snobbish Mrs Ferrers, impetuous Marianne, selfish John Dashwood, and his awful, grasping wife. Annette Crosbie captures all the wit and charm of the romance in this BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour reading.

Lady Susan is an epistolary novel by Jane Austen about a beautiful and manipulative widow scheming to arrange wealthy marriages for herself and her daughter. This book is the basis for the film Love & Friendship, written and directed by Whit Stillman, and starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny. This dramatized production is presented by the Online Stage.

At just ten years old, Fanny Price is sent from her poor Portsmouth home to live with the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the vast grandeur of Mansfield Park. Timid and fragile, Fanny is neglected by the indolent Lady Bertram, belittled by her conceited cousins Maria and Julia, and constantly reminded of her lowly status by her ever-critical Aunt Norris. Her only comfort is the kindness and attention shown by her cousin Edmund, and her sole strength the sense of her own moral integrity. But this strength is tested when the alluring Henry and Mary Crawford arrive.

This is a portrait of a headstrong young woman who is dedicated to managing the lives and loves of her friends. Each failure helps her to eventually develop into a lady of compassion.

Orgulho e Preconceito é um dos mais aclamados romances da escritora inglesa Jane Austen. Publicado em 1813, revela como era a sociedade da época, quando os relacionamentos se desenrolavam de maneira mais lenta e romântica, no ritmo das cartas levadas por mensageiros a cavalo.

Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821. The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at age ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood.

Anne Elliott, the middle daughter of the vain, judgmental and lavish Baronet, Sir Walter Elliott, is persuaded by her family friend, Lady Russell, not to wed the man of her dreams Captain Wentworth. Ultimately regretting her decision to do so, years later, as fate would have it, Anne once again crosses path with Wentworth in another town. When Sir Walter and his daughters are forced to let their Estate - Kellynch Hall - to pay off Sir Walters debts, the family ends up relocating to Bath.

Mansfield Park is the third published and perhaps most subtle of Jane Austen's novels. It tells the story of Fanny Price, who, at the age of 10, is sent from her impoverished household to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle and be raised alongside her cousins. Fanny grows up as a misfit, not truly a member of the Bertram family, but too genteel to feel comfortable with her parents.

¡Coge a tus hermanas y apretaos los corsés! Esta es una nueva versión, distinta a todas, de la entrañable novela de Jane Austeen Orgullo y prejuicio. Interpretada por un extraordinario elenco y con banda sonora original del compositor nominado a un Grammy Morgan Kibby. Elizabeth Bennet no piensa conformarse con cualquier hombre ni, para el caso, con cualquier vida que no se adapte a sus gustos. Se casará por amor, bailará cuando le apetezca y —a poder ser— buscará un lugar tranquilo donde leer sin que la interrumpan.

"Emma", un roman emblématique de Jane Austen publié pour la première fois en 1815, est une exploration raffinée et subtile des dynamiques sociales, des illusions et de la maturité émotionnelle au sein de la société anglaise de la Régence. L'histoire se concentre sur Emma Woodhouse, une jeune femme riche et intelligente, mais aussi légèrement gâtée et un peu trop confiante dans son propre jugement. Orpheline de mère et dotée d'un père excessivement protecteur, Emma se sent responsable de gérer les affaires sociales de son petit village de Highbury.

Family tensions run high as families blend together in Mansfield Park. There are many families with secrets to hide, and the Mansfield family is no different. Fanny Price is sent to live with her power hungry and wealthy aunt and uncle, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram. There, Fanny doesn't get along well with her three eldest cousins, but she has a special affinity to the youngest one, Edmund, who is studying to be a clergyman. When Sir Thomas has to leave on business, Henry and Mary Crawford, the local minister's wife’s siblings, come to stay with them and things begin to get racy!

Die Welt von Jane Austen in einer Box vereint - Drei zeitlose Klassiker der britischen Literatur. Diese Sammlung enthält die deutschen Ausgaben der Romane "Überredung", "Verstand und Gefühl" und "Stolz und Vorurteil". Austen greift tief in die Herzen ihrer Charaktere ein, beleuchtet ihre Stärken, Schwächen, Ängste und Leidenschaften mit feiner Ironie und scharfem Verstand. Sie entführt uns auf eine Reise durch die Gesellschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts mit ihren strengen Regeln, Klatschtratsch sowie den Konflikten zwischen Liebe, Vernunft und Stolz. Ein Muss für alle Freunde klassischer englischer Literatur.

In this Regency classic by English novelist Jane Austen, two estranged paramours reconnect and give love a second chance.

This is a diverting delight, a window on romance in literature. There are high lovers and low lovers, tragic lovers, comic lovers, and lovers who shouldn’t be doing what they are doing at all and certainly not then and there. There is even Fanny Hill trying not to discover what physical love is about when set upon by an old roué who has paid for the privilege. Though of special interest for lovers and their special lover’s day of St. Valentine, it is an amusing and sometimes surprising collection.

This hilarious segment of a seaside novel was begun during Jane Austen's final illness and leaves off after the 10th chapter. One can only speculate at the intended conclusion! Also included are memorable excerpts from her six novels.

Suite au décès de M. Dashwood, sa veuve et ses trois filles se voient contraintes de quitter le Sussex et le domaine familial de Norland. Elles se réfugient dans le Devon, à l'invitation d'un généreux parent, où une nouvelle vie, plus modeste les attend. Les sœurs aînées, Elinor et Maria, l'une plus raisonnable, l'autre plus sentimentale vont vivre leur premiers émois amoureux non sans quelques revers.

Crumbling castles shrouded in secrets, ghostly skeletons cloaked in black veils, and innocent maidens held in the gravest of danger: the clich‚d tropes of gothic romance fill the mind of Catherine Morland, the young, naive, but warm-hearted heroine of Jane Austen's parody of the popular fiction of her time.

Da Anne Elliot var 19 år, lod hun sig af økonomiske årsager overtale til at bryde sin ellers lykkelige forlovelse med den charmerende, men ubemidlede søofficer Frederick Wentworth. Da tilfældighe-derne bringer dem sammen otte år senere, er de begge stadig ugift, og Wentworth er blevet velha-vende. Han har dog ikke tilgivet Anne, at hun i sin tid lod sig overtale til at afvise ham, og han be-handler hende med kulde og ligegyldighed.

"2000 Final Quotations" is an insightful and humorous collection of quotes from some of the world’s greatest thinkers, writers, artists, and statesmen. It contains contributions from Shakespeare, Gandhi and Carl Jung to Friedrich Nietzsche, Confucius and Leonardo da Vinci - and lots more! Stretching from Ancient Greece to 20th-century Germany, this wonderful compilation is guaranteed to inspire and entertain those who want a bit of extra philosophical guidance throughout their day.

Jane Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a timeless classic that weaves romance, wit, and social commentary into a captivating tale of love, class, and self-discovery. Set in the Regency era, this novel follows the headstrong and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates the expectations of society, family pressures, and her complicated feelings for the enigmatic Mr. Darcy.