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Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two sisters with opposite characters. Elinor, the eldest, is 19 and represents the part of "reason" indicated by the title. Marianne is 17 years old and instead represents the "feeling". Elinor and Marianne are the daughters of Mr. Dashwoods second marriage. Besides them there is also a younger sister, Margaret, and their older brother, John, who was born from his first marriage. When the father dies, the family estate passes, as usual, to the first son, John, so the Dashwood women find themselves in a very precarious financial situation.

MANSFIELD PARK, considerado o mais ambicioso romance de Jane Austen, foi escrito entre os anos de 1811 e 1813 e publicado anonimamente, como todas as demais obras da autora, em 1814. É provavelmente o menos romantico e o mais pragmatico dos romances de Austen, como seu abrupto e bastante prosaico fim demostra. Foi o primeiro dos romances da autora totalmente concebido e escrito em Chawton - sua ultima morada, onde viveu ate sua morte em 1817 - e caracteriza-se por apresentar um aspecto muito diferente dos demais romances predecessores. Para alguns leitores, MANSFIELD PARK e o romance mais gratificante e mais substancial ja escrito por Austen, enquanto que outros o veem com certa reserva, devido a sagacidade e humor presentes em seus 48 capitulos. MANSFIELD PARK e um romance que enfoca as maneiras com que as pessoas tentam lidar uns com os outros. Mansfield Park deve ser lido sem preconceitos ou suposiçes, que na verdade e um dos temas principais do livro. Quase todos, em Mansfield Park, passam ao longo de toda a trama fazendo suposiçes erradas sobre outras pessoas. Ninguem parece realmente entender uns aos outros e poucos so aqueles que sequer fazem um esforço para tentar entender os demais. Nesse sentido, so tipicos personagens criados por Austen: reais, inclassificaveis, dificeis, contraditorios e confusos. Antagonistas agem mais como herois, heroinas so, por vezes, antipaticas, e viles, de repente, se transformam em protagonistas. Assim, escandalos surgem em MANSFIELD PARK em todos os niveis: o pecado; as tentaçes para o pecado; as obstruçes interpessoais; as impropriedades que chocam, excitam e produzem fofocas dentro da esfera em que vivem os personagens; a desgraça e a queda publicas; a vitimizaço e a acusaço profetica; a expulso e o sacrificio empreendidos pelo mau gosto da midia.

Lady Susan by Jane Austen Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. This early complete work, which the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the title character.Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and charming recent widow, visits her brother-in-law (late husbands brother) and sister-in-law, Charles and Catherine Vernon, with little advance notice at Churchill, their country residence.Catherine is far from pleased, as Lady Susan had tried to prevent her marriage to Charles and her unwanted guest has been described to her as "the most accomplished coquette in England". Among Lady Susans conquests is the married Mr. Manwaring.Catherines brother Reginald arrives a week later, and despite Catherines strong warnings about Lady Susans character, soon falls under her spell. Lady Susan toys with the younger mans affections for her own amusement and later because she perceives it makes her sister-in-law uneasy.Her confidante, Mrs. Johnson, to whom she writes frequently, recommends she marry the very eligible Reginald, but Lady Susan considers him to be greatly inferior to Manwaring.

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 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 Austens 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 the age of ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood.From early on critical interpretation has been diverse, differing particularly over the character of the heroine, Austens views about theatrical performance and the centrality or otherwise of ordination and religion, and on the question of slavery. Some of these problems have been highlighted in the several later adaptations of the story for stage and screen.Fanny Price, at the age of ten, is sent from her impoverished home in Portsmouth to live with the family at Mansfield Park, the Northamptonshire country estate of Sir Thomas Bertram. Lady Bertram is her aunt. The Bertrams have four children Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia who are all older than Fanny. There she is mistreated by all but Edmund. Her other aunt, Mrs Norris, the wife of the clergyman at the Mansfield parsonage, makes herself particularly unpleasant to Fanny.When Fanny is fifteen, Aunt Norris is widowed and the frequency of her visits to Mansfield Park increases, as does her mistreatment of Fanny. A year later, Sir Thomas leaves to deal with problems on his plantation in Antigua, taking his spendthrift eldest son Tom. Mrs Norris, looking for a husband for Maria, finds Mr Rushworth, who is rich but weak-willed and considered stupid. Maria accepts his proposal for his money.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the girls marry well to support the others, which is a motivation that drives the plot.Pride and Prejudice has consistently appeared near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold, and has inspired many derivatives in modern literature.For more than a century, dramatic adaptations, reprints, unofficial sequels, films, and TV versions of Pride and Prejudice have portrayed the memorable characters and themes of the novel, reaching mass audiences.

Emma by Jane Austen is a novel about youthful hubris and romantic misunderstandings, written by Jane Austen. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families.The novel was first published in December 1815, with its title page listing a publication date of 1816. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in GeorgianRegency England. Emma is a comedy of manners, and depicts issues of marriage, sex, age, and social status.Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the first sentence, she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition... had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her."Emma is spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other peoples lives; and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray.Emma, written after Austens move to Chawton, was her last novel to be published during her lifetime, while Persuasion, the last complete novel Austen wrote, was published posthumously.

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey (/?n??r??r/) is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by Jane Austen. Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennoxs The Female Quixote (1752). Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, the first of Austens novels completed in full, but was published posthumously in 1817 with Persuasion.The story concerns Catherine Morland, the naive young protagonist, and her journey to a better understanding of herself and of the world around her. How Catherine views the world has been distorted by her fondness for Gothic novels and an active imagination.Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is fond of reading Gothic novels, "provided they were all story and no reflection".Catherine is invited by the Allens (her wealthier neighbours in Fullerton) to accompany them to visit the city of Bath and partake in the winter season of balls, theatre and other social delights. Soon she is introduced to a clever young gentleman, Henry Tilney, with whom she dances and converses.Through Mrs. Allens old schoolfriend Mrs. Thorpe, she meets her daughter Isabella, who introduces Catherine to Ann Radcliffes Mysteries of Udolpho, and the two quickly become friends. Mrs. Thorpes son, John, is also a friend of Catherines older brother, James, at Oxford where they are both students.

Razão e Sensibilidade conta a história das irmãs Dashwood, Elinor e Marianne, que, na Inglaterra dos últimos anos do século XVIII, ficam desamparadas com a morte do pai, cujas propriedades são deixad

O romance retrata a relação entre Elizabeth Bennet (Lizzy) e Fitzwilliam Darcy na Inglaterra rural do século XVIII. Lizzy possui outras quatro irmãs, nenhuma delas casadas, o que Sra. Bennet, mãe de

Projeto de um Romance, Sanditon, Os Watsons, Os Capítulos Originais de Persuasão: Juntas, estas quatro obras - dois fragmentos de romances inacabados, um esboço para um novo romance e os capítulos or

LADY SUSAN, o romance epistolar de Jane Austen, nunca recebeu muita atenço dos leitores em comparaço com os seus outros seis romances maiores, principalmente por ser uma obra curta. Os estudiosos de sua obra estimam que tenha sido escrito entre os anos de 1793 e 1794, quando a jovem escritora encontrava-se em seus ultimos anos de adolescencia e representa um hiato na totalidade da obra de Jane Austen por se caracterizar como um estudo sobre uma mulher adulta, que usa sua inteligencia e charme para manipular, trair e abusar de suas vitimas, sejam elas, amantes, amigos ou os membros de sua propria familia. A historia de LADY SUSAN gira em torno de sua personagem principal, a bela e coquete Lady Susan Vernon (uma das melhores personagens criadas por Jane Austen, em tudo diferente as protagonistas de seus romances posteriores), uma viuva na casa de seus 30 anos, que busca um novo e vantajoso matrimonio para si, ao mesmo tempo em que tenta arranjar um casamento para sua filha com um homem rico e tolo que esta ultima despreza. Ela preenche sua agenda de compromissos com convites para visitas estendidas junto aos parentes de seu falecido marido e conhecidos por uma serie de manobras astuciosas, de modo a atingir seu plano principal.Escandalosamente divertido e artisticamente melodramatico, LADY SUSAN e um romance quase esquecido dentro do magnifico conjunto da obra de Jane Austen, menosprezado pela comparaço com os seis romances maiores publicados pela escritora. Uma vez que poucos romances podem superar ou se equivaler as obras-primas de Jane Austen, LADY SUSAN deve ser aceito pelo o que realmente e: uma peça encantadora e muito divertida, elaborada por uma jovem escritora que nos apresenta personagens interessantes e provocantes E que tambem nos revela sua compreenso inicial das maquinaçes sociais atraves de uma linguagem muito requintada.

EMMA é um dos grandes romances de Jane Austen, publicado pela primeira vez em 1815, quando a autora já desfrutava de relativa fama literária, sendo que este romance foi dedicado ao Regente da Inglaterra, o Principe de Gales, mais tarde George IV. A protagonista da historia, Emma Woodhouse, e a primeira heroina criada por Jane Austen sem problemas financeiros, sendo que a mesma declara que isto e uma das razes de ela no se preocupar em se casar. Assim como em seus outros romances, Jane Austen relata as dificuldades das mulheres no inicio do seculo 19, criando atraves de seus personagens uma deliciosa comedia de costumes. Emma Woodhouse e uma mulher linda, intelectual e de espirito elevado. Sua me faleceu quando ela ainda era muito jovem e esta assumiu o papel da administradora da casa, ja que sua irm mais velha havia se casado. De certa forma, ela e muito madura, apesar de cometer serios erros: mesmo jurando que nunca se casaria, encontra diverso em arrumar casamentos para outros; aparentemente incapaz de se apaixonar, e atraves do ciume que ela descobre seu amor por Mr. Knightley. Em contraste as demais heroinas do universo austeano, Emma Woodhouse parece estar imune a sexualidade e a atraço romantica. Diferentemente de Marianne Dashwood, que e atraida pelo homem errado antes de encontrar o certo, Emma no demonstra nenhum interesse romantico pelos homens que ela vem a conhecer. Ela se surpreende quando Mr. Elton se declara a ela, de certa maneira nos mesmos moldes de Elizabeth Bennet, ao reagir a declaraço realizada por Mr. Darcy. Notavelmente, Emma no consegue entender a afeiço existente entre Harriet Smith e Robert Martin; e e somente apos Harriet lhe revelar seu interesse por Mr. Knightley que Emma se descobre ciente de seus proprios sentimentos.

Pubblicato nel 1813, Orgoglio e pregiudizio e l''opera piu popolare della Austen, la piu perfetta per equilibrio di struttura narrativa e smalto di stile, scrive Attilio Bertolucci nell''introduzione. Intorno al personaggio di Elizabeth, bella senza essere bellissima, intelligente e ferma senza essere dura, viene fuori nella sua verita l''Inghilterra di prima della rivoluzione industriale, col verde dei suoi boschi, col fango delle sue stagioni autunnali, col rosso delle sue uniformi militari.Il colorito che era sfuggito dalle sue guance vi ricomparve per un attimo con maggiore intensita, e un sorriso compiaciuto aggiunse splendore al suo sguardo, quando le baleno per la testa il pensiero che l''affetto e le speranze di lui fossero immutati. Ma non osava crederci.

Jane Austen''s earliest writing dates from when she was just eleven years, and already shows the hallmarks of her mature work: wit, acute insight into human folly, and a preoccupation with manners, morals and money. But it is also a product of the eighteenth century in which she grew up - dark, grotesque, often surprisingly bawdy, and a far cry from the polished, sparkling novels of manners for which she became famous. Drunken heroines, babies who bite off their mother''s fingers, and a letter-writer who has murdered her whole family all feature in these very funny pieces. This edition includes all of Austen''s juvenilia, including her ''History of England'' - written by ''a partial, prejudiced, and ignorant Historian'' - and the novella ''Lady Susan'', in which the anti-heroine schemes and cheats her way through high society. Taken together, they offer a fascinating - and often surprising - insight into the early Austen.This major new edition is the first time Austen''s juvenilia has appeared in Penguin Classics. Edited by Professor Christine Alexander, it includes an introduction, notes and other useful editorial materials.

Mr and Mrs Bennet live with their five daughters. Jane, the eldest daughter, falls in love with Charles Bingley, a rich batchelor who takes a house nearby with his two sisters and friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Darcy is attracted to the second daugher, Elizabeth, but a bad account of him is given to Elizabeth. He and Bingley''s effect the separation of Bingley and Jane. William Collins, cousin to the sisters and as only male, heir to the Bennet estate, proposes to Elizabeth but is rejected. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth but she refuses.When Elizabeth travels north she is invited with friends to Darcy''s place in Berbyshire, and thinking Darcy is absent she goes. However, he is there and she is surprised by his much-improved manners. She hears news that her sister Lydia has eloped with Wickham, an unprincipled adventurer. With Darcy''s help the fugitives are found. The attachment between Bingley and Jane is renewed and leads to an engagement. In spite of the insolent intervention of Lady Catherine, Darcy and Elizabeth become engaged.

One of Austen''s five major novels in a superb new editionThe standard Chapman/Kinsley text in a newly set typeface gives a more attractive appearanceThe new introduction examines the novel in its historical moment in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, and how nations and individuals can escape from the pastThe new notes are fuller and bring out Austen''s extensive knowledge of the Navy and the novel''s topicalityNew chronology and bibliography provide up-to-date resources for further readingAppendices on social rank, dancing and the navy, and the deleted chapter that was the original ending of Persuasion