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As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end in 1814, Admirals and Captains of the Royal Navy are put ashore, their work done. Anne Elliot meets Captain Frederick Wentworth after seven years, by the chance of his sister and brother-in-law renting her fathers estate, while she stays for a few months with her married sister, living nearby. They fell in love the first time, but she broke off the engagement.Besides the theme of persuasion, the novel evokes other topics, with which Austen was familiar: the Royal Navy, in which two of Jane Austens brothers rose to the rank of admiral; and the superficial social life of Bath. It is portrayed extensively and serves as a setting for the second half of Persuasion. In many respects, Persuasion marks a break with Austens previous works, both in the more biting, even irritable satire directed at some of the novels 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.

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, Mr. Bennet, living in Longbourn.Page 2 of a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra (11 June 1799) in which she first mentions Pride and Prejudice, using its working title First Impressions. (NLA)Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Bennets five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr. Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr. Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy is disdainful of local society and repeatedly clashes with the Bennets lively second daughter, Elizabeth.Pride and Prejudice retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books". It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, selling over 20 million copies, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Likewise, it has paved the way for archetypes that abound in many contemporary literature of our time. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austens memorable characters or themes.

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Una heroína sensible y paciente sufrirá el equívoco del mundo que la rodea, un mundo totalmente austeriano por donde se mueven personajes banales y pretenciosos, junto a otros sensibles y comedidos. Sin embargo, a esta heroina se le concedera una oportunidad...Ultima novela completa de su autora, es una de las mas intimas y refinadas; posiblemente tambien una de las mas modernas en cuanto al tratamiento de la heroina. Sanditon es una obra inacabada, una rareza inedita, publicada aqui con la intencion de excitar la curiosidad de los adeptos.Refinada y moderna, coherente y linguisticamente perfecta, es esta la novela de la emocion y el sentimiento por antonomasia., Miguel Angel Lopez Garcia, 'La Voz de Aviles'.

“Emma Woodhouse, hermosa, lista y rica, con una familia acomodada y jovial carácter, parecía reunir las mejores bendiciones de la existencia; ya había vivido casi veintiún años en el mundo sin que mu

COFFRET JANE AUSTEN : Contient les deux romans majeurs deáJane Austen, Orgueil & préjugés et Raison & sentiments.

An Everyman's Library edition of Jane Austen's revolutionary and inspiring novel, which is once again a major motion picture.

Translator: Gonne Van Uildriks

Her vitality, vivacity and wit, her hasty dismissal of superior Mr Darcy - 'the most disagreeable man in the world' - how he improves his manners and she changes her mind, are the central ingredients of Pride and Prejudice. It is Jane Austen's best-loved novel and through the depth and sparkle of its comedy we are encouraged to consider what balance of energy and order, playfulness and regulation constitutes real strength of character.

The only thing in the world that matters to Mrs Bennett, is marrying all five of her daughters to rich, landed gentlemen.So when two wealthy young gentlemen move to town, she vows that at least one of her daughters will marry into their fortunes.Jane and Elizabeth, her eldest daughters, soon discover that love is rarely straightforward and is often surprising. Because, surely that sullen, quiet, mysterious Mr Darcy can't be more than he seems . . . can he?