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Orgullo y prejuicio, de Jane Austen, autora de otras obras de la narrativa extranjera como Sentido y sensibilidad o Persuasión, es una novela satírica, antirromántica, profunda y mordaz a un tiempo, que nace de la observacion de la vida domestica y de un profundo conocimiento de la condicion humana. Orgullo y prejuicio ha fascinado a generaciones de lectores por sus inolvidables personajes y su desopilante retrato de una sociedad, la Inglaterra victoriana y rural, tan contradictoria como absurda.La aparicion 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.

Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing lies in the depiction of manners, education, marriage, and money during the British Regency period.Mr. Bennet of the Longbourn estate has five daughters, but his property is entailed, meaning that none of the girls can inherit it. His wife has no fortune, so it is imperative that at least one of the girls marry well in order to support the others on his death. Jane Austens opening line, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" is a sentence filled with irony and playfulness. The novel revolves around the importance of marrying for love, not simply for money, despite the social pressures to make a good (i.e. wealthy) match.

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Sense and Sensibility (1811) is Jane Austens first published novel. It is a book about love and romance that follows the life of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. When their father dies and his property goes to his son and first wife, the Dashwood sisters move with their family to live in a modest cottage in Devonshire where start their romantic adventures and heartbreaks. The cottage belongs to their mothers cousin Sir John Middleton who welcomes them and presents them to his family and friends. One of Johns friends, Colonel Brandon, soon falls in love with Marianne, yet the latter finds him unattractive and too old for her age. She later meets the philandering John Willoughby and becomes interested in him to be drowned in grief when he leaves to do business in London. As for Elinor, she develops a relationship with Edward Ferrars before they move to Devonshire. When the two sisters are disappointed by their lovers who go with other women, the novel depicts the different ways they react as well as their wavering between passion and reason. By the end of the novel, Edward comes to mend his relationship with Elinor and marries her while Marianne marries Colonel Brandon. Weve also included a concise and informative biography of Janes works and life at the end of the book. We hope it helps to give a little context and colour about how her life interacted with her art.

This edition of "Sense and Sensibility" has been carefully formatted for your ebook reader with a functional table of contents and contains all the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock. 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, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, 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. The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged. Jane Austen (1775 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The 4 Unabridged Early and Posthumous Novels: Lady Susan + Sense and Sensibility + Northanger Abbey + Persuasion" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This ebook contains 4 unabridged early and posthumous novels by Jane Austen in one ebook: Lady Susan Sense and Sensibility Northanger Abbey Persuasion Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel, possibly written in 1794, but not published until 1871. Sense and Sensibility was the first of Jane Austens novels to be published. She began to write it sometime around 1797, and she worked on it for many years before its publication in 1811. The title page said that it was written "By a Lady", and only her immediate family knew that Jane Austen was the author. Impetuous Marianne Dashwood tumbles into a fairytale romance that goes sour, and her practical older sister Elinor copes with the familys financial problems while hiding her own frustrated romantic hopes. Northanger Abbey was written in 1798-99. It is a comic love story set in Bath about a young reader who must learn how to separate fantasy from reality. Miss Austen sold the novel to a publisher in 1803, and the work was advertised but never published. She bought it back many years later, and her brother Henry Austen published the novel as Northanger Abbey after her death in 1817. Persuasion was written in 1815-1816, while Jane Austen was suffering from her fatal illness. She was still working on some revisions at the time of her death in 1817. The novel was published posthumously by her brother, Henry Austen. Persuasion is a novel of second chances, expectations of society, and the constancy of love.

This edition of "Pride and Prejudice (Unabridged with the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock)" has been carefully formatted for your ebook reader with a functional table of contents. Pride and Prejudice is a novel 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 early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London. Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of most loved books such as The Big Read. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. 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. To date, the book has sold some 20 million copies worldwide. As Anna Quindlen wrote, "Pride and Prejudice is also about that thing that all great novels consider, the search for self. And it is the first great novel to teach us that that search is as surely undertaken in the drawing room making small talk as in the pursuit of a great white whale or the public punishment of adultery." Jane Austen (1775 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The 3 Unabridged Core Novels: Pride and Prejudice + Mansfield Park + Emma" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This ebook contains 3 unabridged core novels by Jane Austen in one ebook: Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Pride and Prejudice is a novel 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 early 19th-century England. Mansfield Park is Jane Austens 1814 novel focusing on Fanny Price, the daughter of a poor Portsmouth family, who is taken to live with her aunt and uncle Bertrams family on their estate at the age of ten. Surrounded by her wealthy and privileged cousins, and continually reminded of her lower status by her bullying Aunt Norris, Fanny grows up timid and shy, but with a strong sense of ethics, partly instilled by her kindly cousin Edmund. Fannys gratitude and friendship for Edmund gradually grow into love, but the introduction of Mary and Henry Crawford, a captivating sister and brother, into the neighborhood of Mansfield Park, confuses and complicates the affections of the Bertram household. Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Jane Austen (1775 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

This edition of "Sense and Sensibility" has been carefully formatted for your ebook reader with a functional table of contents and contains all the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock. 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, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, 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. The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged. Jane Austen (1775 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

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.

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Jane Austen (1775 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. Content: Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abby (1817) Persuasion (1818) The Watsons (1803-1805) Sanditon (1817) Lady Susan (1794, 1805) Love and Freindship (1790) Lesley Castle (~1792) The History of England (1791) A Collection of Letters Scraps

Orgullo y prejuicio es una de las obras más reconocidas de Jane Austen donde se desarrolla el tema de cómo las jóvenes buscan el marido apropiado y cómo necesitan dejar a un lado su orgullo y sus prejuicios. Es una novela realista, con cierto aire de comedia o satira social donde quedan reflejadas las costumbres de la clase media rural inglesa. Trata el tema del matrimonio y las consecuencias que puede traer consigo casarse para conseguir una determinada posicion social, o hacerlo por mera atraccion fisica.

Este ebook presenta "Lady Susan (texto completo, con índice activo)" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Lady Susan es una novela corta epistolar de Jane Austen. Posiblemente escrita en 1794, fue publicada en 1871 en forma postuma. Novela consta de 41 cartas escritas por y para los protagonistas principales. Describe los planes de la viuda Lady Susan, mientras se busca un nuevo marido y a la vez intenta casar a su hija de 16 años con Sir James. Lady Susan se despega de la tipica protagonista de las historias victorianas. Es egoista, atractiva, vanidosa, y su busqueda, de algun modo, es la antitesis de la novela romantica. Jane Austen (1775 1817) fue una destacada novelista britanica que vivio durante el periodo de la Regencia. La ironia que emplea para dotar de comicidad a sus novelas hace que Jane Austen sea contada entre los "clasicos" de la novela inglesa, a la vez que su recepcion va, incluso en la actualidad, mas alla del interes academico, siendo leidas por un publico mas amplio.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Jane Austen (1775 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. Content: Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Northanger Abby (1817) Persuasion (1818) The Watsons (1803-1805) Sanditon (1817) Lady Susan (1794, 1805) Love and Freindship (1790) Lesley Castle (~1792) The History of England (1791) A Collection of Letters Scraps

Edición conmemorativa del Segundo Centenario de la publicación de la obra, con las ilustraciones que realizó Hugh Thomson en 1894. 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. Él y su amigo Fitzwilliam Darcy, también adinerado, tendrán que luchar contra las intrigas con las que se tratará de poner trabas al amor que sienten por dos de las hermanas Bennet, pobres y modes tas, antes de alcanzar un final feliz. Traducción de José Luis López Muñoz

Este ebook presenta "Colección de Jane Austen" con un sumario dinámico y detallado".Éste volumen contiene siete obras esenciales de Jane Austen. Las siete novelas que escribió conviene agruparlas en dos periodos diferentes. Durante el primero vieron la luz una serie de titulos, algunos de los cuales tardaron mas de quince años en ser editados. Este fue el caso de Orgullo y prejuicio (Pride and prejudice), considerada la mejor de sus novelas, cuya redaccion emprendio el año 1796, aunque no se publicaria hasta 1813. En ella, Austen relata la historia de las cinco hermanas Bennet y las tribulaciones de sus respectivos amorios. Tambien es de este periodo Sentido y sensibilidad (Sense and sensibility, 1811), centrada otra vez en la historia de dos hermanas y sus asuntos amorosos, caracterizada por su realismo y tambien su novela corta Lady Susan. Lady Susan, posiblemente escrita en 1794, fue publicada en 1871 en forma postuma. Su segunda etapa creativa empezo en 1811, y marco su recuperacion tras doce años de esterilidad creadora. El parque de Mansfield (Mansfield Park, 1814), Emma (1816) y Persuasion (Persuasion, publicada postumamente) son titulos que corresponden a este momento, y todos ellos narran los enredos romanticos de sus tres heroinas, tratados con gracia y profundidad. Tabla de contenidos:Emma Lady Susan Mansfield Park Orgullo y Prejuicio Persuasion Sentido y SensibilidadLa abadia de NorthangerJane Austen (1775 - 1817) fue una destacada novelista inglesa cuya ficcion satirica, ingeniosa y elegantemente estructurada señalan la transicion en la literatura inglesa del neoclasicismo del siglo XVIII al romanticismo del siglo XIX.

La novela más famosa de la escritora inglesa jane Austen (1775-1817) en la que retrata con sutil ironía el ambiente de la aristocracia rural británica y el carácter de sus miembros, llenos de orgullo, pero tambien de hipocritas prejuicios en juna socidad en la que le unico objetivo de la mujer era el casarse, mientras la voluntad del hombre era incontestable.

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.