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The events of the story are put in motion by the marriages of three sisters. Lady Bertram married extremely well to the wealthy baronet Sir Thomas Bertram, while Mrs. Norris married a clergyman, who was given the living at the local parsonage by Sir Thomas; this allows the Norrises to live comfortably, yet far below the opulence of the Bertrams. The third sister, Mrs. Price, married a naval lieutenant who was shortly afterwards wounded in battle and left with a meager pension, scarcely enough to support their eventual household of nine children. Mrs. Norris, always wishing to appear virtuous, proposes that Lady Bertram take one of the children to live with her at Mansfield Park. They choose the eldest daughter Fanny Price, who is the protagonist of the novel. Thus, at age 10, Fanny is sent to live with her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park.Fannys new life is not as she might wish. Her energetic Aunt Norris, who strongly advocated the plan of bringing Fanny when it was first proposed, becomes less interested as time goes on and does little to assist with Fannys care, except to frequently point out the bother and expense Fanny causes. Aunt Norris refuses to allow a fire to be set in Fannys room, though Fanny is in poor health

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym "A Lady". A work of romantic fiction, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between 1792 and 1797,[1] and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relatives property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.

La gran mansión de Netherfield Park, en la campiña inglesa, tiene nuevo inquilino: el señor Charles Bingley, un joven rico, atractivo y además... soltero. Con la llegada de este buen partido se despiertan las ambiciones de las familias de todo el vecindario, y la revolucion es singularmente notable en la casa familiar, de posicion mas bien modesta, de las cinco hermanas Bennet: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty y Lydia. Pronto hara su aparicion en la region otro joven, Fitzwilliam Darcy, tambien adinerado y apuesto, y cuya arrogancia y misterio no dejara indiferente a Elisabeth, la mas rebelde de las hermanas En Orgullo y prejuicio, la novela que la consagro, Jane Austen representa ante nuestros ojos con su estilo inconfundible de ironia y de aguda sensibilidad para observar la vida y captar todos los recovecos de la mente y del corazon humano la dramatica lucha entre los sentimientos y las conveniencias sociales que caracterizo la sociedad burguesa britanica del siglo XIX.

PERSUASION es un libro del autor AUSTEN,JANE editado por BIBLOK. PERSUASION tiene un c�digo EAN 9788412004342, de la colecci�n SELECTA y consta de 340 p�ginas.

This volume contains six major novels by Jane Austen - "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion" and "Lady Susan".

Emma loves nothing more than interfering in the love lives of her friends But can she save her friendship from her own matchmaking TreeTops Greatest Stories is a series of timeless classics for children aged 711 Its much loved stories beautiful artwork and careful levelling make it easy to select books that children will love

Emma is one of the famous novels by Jane Austen and was first published in 1816.Unlike most of the other female protagonists in Austens novels the heroine Emma Woodhouse shows no real romantic interest in men. Instead of getting involved into a relationship herself she prefers meddling in other peoples lives. She is absolutely self-satisfied, although the conclusions of her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray. But finally, it comes to her self-revelation concerning her own true affections.I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like. (Jane Austen)Emma is one of the best-loved and essential classics in English literature. Like Austens other novels it retains a fascination for modern readers, and has been adapted for several films as well as for a long list of dramatic plays. Some critics place this novel even higher than Austens masterpiece Pride and Prejudice.

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.

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.

Orgullo y prejuicio es una obra en la que Jane Austen dispone que todas las emociones humanas han de conservar el decoro. Este decoro se traduce en un control de las emociones mediante la prudencia y la razon. Es decir, que una persona necesita el sentido (o juicio) y la sensibilidad para conseguir sus metas. En la historia aparecen dos hermanas: Elinor y Marianne Dashwood, que representan el sentido y la sensibilidad respectivamente. Ambas se enamoran y tienen problemas para que ese amor correspondido llegue a un final feliz.

Portraying social life in fashionable Bath and centred around Catherine Morland, this novel ridicules the popular tales of romance and terror and contrasts with these the normal realities of life.

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.

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