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Introduction and Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood, University of Sussex.Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband.With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language.

Die kluge, selbstbewusste aber auch verwohnte junge Emma Woodhouse lebt ein Leben ohne finanzielle Note. Um sich die Langeweile auf dem elterlichen Besitz zu vertreiben, versucht sie sich - mal recht, mal schlecht - als Arrangeurin zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen. Nicht selten intrigant und gegen die Opfer ihrer Bemuhungen handelnd, erkennt sie ihr sinnloses Unterfangen, als sie selbst fur den wahren Gentleman Mr. Knightley entflammt. Wie dumm, dass sie diesen ursprunglich fur die schone Harriet Smith vorgesehen hatte.Jane Austens Werk gilt als richtungweisend fur die englische Literatur, sowohl stilistisch als auch inhaltlich."Ich werde eine Heldin schaffen, die keiner auer mir besonders mogen wird." [Jane Austen]Null Papier Verlag

This version is fully illustrated with all the original drawings. It also includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created.We, therefore, bestow no mean compliment upon the author of Emma, when we say that, keeping close to common incidents, an4 to such characters as occupy the ordinary walks of life, she has produced sketches of such spirit and originality, that we never miss the excitation which depends upon a narrative of uncommon events, arising from the consideration of minds, manners and sentiments, greatly above our own. In this class she stands almost alone ; for the scenes of Miss Edgeworth are laid in higher life, varied by more romantic incident, and by her remarkable power of embodying and illustrating national character. But the author of "Emma" confines herself chiefly to the middling classes of society ; her most distinguished characters do not rise greatly above well-bred country gentlemen and ladies ; and those which are sketched with most originality and precision, belong to a class rather below that standard. - Sir Walter Scott."Emma," perhaps, is the work upon which most suffrages would meet as the most perfect of all her performances. - Margaret Oliphant.

This annotated version is fully illustrated with the original drawings. It also includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created.To say nothing of the supreme excellence of the dialogue, there is scarcely a page but has its little gem of exact and polished phrasing; scarcely a chapter which is not neatly opened or artistically ended ; while the whole book abounds in sentences over which the writer, it is plain, must have lingered with patient and loving craftsmanship. . . . Criticism has found little to condemn in the details of this capital novel.- Austin DobsonNever was there a book written which has given more harmless pleasure to those who have come under its spell. As we open its pages, we bid adieu to a world of sordid cares and troublesome interests, and though we do not wander into fairy-land, for Miss Austens world is always matter-of-fact, we do catch a breath of an air less severe than that which we habitually draw, and find, if not fairy-land, at least a touch of the lightness of fairy-land brought down to us. - Adolphus Alfred Jack."Pride and Prejudice is realistic in its narrowness of scope, in its lack of complicated plot, and in that it sets forth clearly and fully a limited section of life. It attempts to hold up no ideals ; it deals for the most part with middle-class people ; it has in it no literary atmosphere suggested either by the characters or by the apthors allusions. And yet one forgets that he is reading a book ; he feels as if he were making a visit among people in whom he had a human interest. He finds himself scheming with the fond mother in her matchmaking interests for her daughters five.- Charity Dye.

From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen´s Persuasion that makes the beloved novel an even more satisfying and fulfilling read...

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."In this popular novel of English literature we meet the five sisters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet - when their lives are turned upside down by a wealthy young man (Mr. Bingley) and his best friend (Mr. Darcy), who arrive in their neighborhood and cause conflicts, uproar, misunterstandings and a huge arrage of pride and prejudices.

Famed 18th and 19th century English novelist, Jane Austen, wrote many novels in her lifetime. "Northanger Abbey" was one of the first novels she finished, and while she sold the manuscript in 1803, the novel was not published (posthumously) until 1817. "Northanger Abbey" is similar to many of Jane Austens novels. It involves a lot of relatively wealthy families socialising with each other, usually at balls and other genteel parties. The protagonist of "Northanger Abbey" is a seventeen-year-old young woman, Catherine Morland, who is obsessed with Gothic novels. When the novel begins, she is visiting Bath with a pair of family friends. While in Bath, she meets two different families: the Thorpe family and the Tilney family..."Nothanger Abbey" is the story of this young woman and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austens fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature. The satirical novel pokes fun at the Gothic novel while earnestly emphasising caution to the female sex.

"Mansfield Park" is a novel by Jane Austen published in three volumes in 1814. In its tone and discussion of religion and religious duty, it is the most serious of Austens novels.While "Mansfield Park" appears in some ways to continue where "Pride and Prejudice" left off, it is a much darker work, which challenges the very values (of tradition, stability, retirement and faithfulness) it appears to endorse. Adopted into the household of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, Fanny Price grows up a meek outsider among her cousins in the unaccustomed elegance of Mansfield Park. Soon after Sir Thomas absents himself on estate business in Antigua (the familys investment in slavery and sugar is considered in the Introduction in a new, post-colonial light), Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive at Mansfield, bringing with them London glamour, and the seductive taste for flirtation and theatre that precipitates a crisis.

La aparición en Longbourn, un pueblo de la campiña inglesa, de Charles Bingley, joven, soltero y rico, despierta las ambiciones de las familias del vecindario, que lo consideran un excelente partido para sus hijas. El y su amigo Fitzwilliam Darcy, tambien adinerado, tendran que luchar contra las intrigas con las que se tratara de poner trabas al amor que sienten por dos de las hermanas Bennet, pobres y modes tas, antes de alcanzar un final feliz. Traduccion de Jose Luis Lopez Muñoz

In 1813, Jane Austen anonymously published her secondand arguably most popularnovel, "Pride and Prejudice," a romantic novel of manners. Originally written years earlier as "First Impressions," a manuscript she tried but failed to sell, the revised novel was met with instant success.Despite "Pride and Prejudice"s 19th-century setting, its biting wit, sharp eye for the nuances of human relationships, and opposites-attract romance continues to resonate with contemporary readers. The novel has become a fixture in popular culture and has been adapted into countless films, plays, and television series.Austens "Pride and Prejudice" centres on the conflict between marrying for love and marrying for economic reasons. None of Mr. Bennets five daughters can inherit his estate, so they are pressured into finding security in "good" marriages. Elizabeth Bennet, the main character, struggles with the societal pressures of marriage and resists Mr. Darcys advances and proposals. Eventually, however, she finds that she does love him, and for that reason, she decides to marry him."Pride and Prejudice" has consistently appeared near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading public.

"Sense and Sensibility" is a novel by English author Jane Austen that was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811 and that became a classic. The satirical and comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood."Sense and Sensibility" is about the Dashwood family of Sussex, England. They live in comfort and luxury at their home, Norland, until the death of Mr. Henry Dashwood. His wife and three daughters suddenly lose almost everything. Although Elinor and Marianne, the two eldest daughters, are opposite in every way, they find love even in the midst of adversity and loss.At the beginning of the story, we see the Dashwood family right at the loss of Mr. Henry Dashwood. He leaves behind a wife and three daughters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, a younger sister of 13. As English law of the day dictates, women could not inherit property, and so all that the girls have known is bequeathed to Mr. Henry Dashwoods son from his first marriage, Mr. John Dashwood. John is fairly good-natured, but easily manipulated by his narrow-minded and selfish wife. The three girls inherit a thousand pounds each, but they are dependent on John to provide for them any additional money they might need. However, Johns wife, Fanny, slowly manipulates him into giving the girls very little on which to survive. This situation is the origin of the events to come...

In a new audio adaptation of some of Austens lesser known works, Avita Jay brings to life the wit and satire of one of Englands greatest authors. In Austens final and unfinished novel, Charlotte Heywood finds herself caught up in the comings and goings of the lively seaside resort "Sanditon". It is a story filled with a cast of colourful characters, from the widowed Lady Denham to wealthy Caribbean heiress, Georgiana Lambe, and the dashing, Sidney Parker. Naturally, romance and scandal ensue. The incomplete story has inspired many writers to take the work into their own hands, including the popular adaptation by the ITV, starring Theo James. "Lady Susan" is an epistolary novel that follows the charming, irreverent, newly widowed Lady Susan. Beautiful, flirtatious and utterly, unashamed, she goes about seducing a married man, terrorizing her relatives, and subverting all expectations of the maudlin, frumpy widow. The book was adapted for the screen under the name "Love and Friendship" in 2016 and stars Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, Xavier Samuel and Stephen Fry. Another unfinished novel, "The Watsons" follows Emma Watson, the youngest daughter of a poor clergyman who was raised by a wealthy aunt. Returning home, she is bored by her husband-hunting sisters, but soon catches the eye of local gentleman, Lord Osbourne.

Tucked away in a museum, lies the original notebooks of a teenage Jane Austen. Within the pages can be found the early writings of a girl who would go on to shape the literary landscape for years to come. From movies such as "Clueless" to "Emma", Jane Austen has been inspiring storytellers for over 200 years. Love and Friendship is a collection of short stories from her journals that show the beginnings of some of her best-known stories. Her bold attitude and love of independence shine bright in these early writings. Comprising Love and Friendship, Lesley Castle, The History of England, Collection of Letters, and Scraps, Austens juvenilia offers an entertaining and interesting glimpse into the authors life.