Jane Austen

Considerado um dos mais importantes romances de todos os tempos, Orgulho e Preconceito acompanha a turbulenta relação entre Elizabeth Bennet e Fitzwilliam Darcy, a qual, nascendo de uma antipatia mútua, acaba resultando em uma inesperada história de amor. Com sarcasmo mordaz e inteligência profunda, por entre peripécias, desencontros e tramas paralelas quase tão interessantes quanto a trama principal, a obra retrata o amor como produto do desenvolvimento...

Jane Austen's unfinished novel‚ The Watsons tells the story of a widowed clergyman and his two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, returns home after being raised by a wealthy aunt. Better-educated and more genteel than her other sisters, she looks on disapprovingly at the husband-hunting of two of her sisters, and relates better to her more responsible oldest sister, Elizabeth. Various would-be suitors appear, including the boorish...

Jane Austen (1775-1817) é considerada uma das maiores romancistas da literatura inglesa do século XIX e autora de clássicos como "Orgulho e Preconceito", "Razão e Sensibilidade", "Ema", entre outros. Jane Austen era mestra das falas reveladoras do caráter dos personagens e foi magistral ao elaborar a personalidade de Emma Woodhouse, que provoca conflitantes sensações no leitor à medida que a trama se desenvolve. A surpresa está em ir-se aos...

Collected together here are three of Jane Austen's posthumously published works; "Sanditon", "The Watsons", and "Lady Susan". These fragmentary tales show Austen experimenting with different literary styles and parodying the popular novels of her day. In "Sanditon," Austen uses the premise of an idyllic and modern seaside town to examine its inhabitants and their various social circles with her trademark sharp social observations and wit. "The Watsons"...

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An uproarious tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem inspired by the classic Jane Austen novel—from the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
 
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities....

Sense and Sensibility follows the lives of sisters Elinor and Marianne. When inheritance money from their father does not fall their way, they must move in with distant relatives. From these new encounters the sisters uncover secrets about potential suitors and the wealth-inspired motives the society holds.

In this story young Catherine encounters "the difficulties and dangers of a six weeks' residence in Bath." There is Catherine's hilarious liaison with a paragon of bad manners and boastfulness; her disastrous friendship with an unforgettably crass coquette; and a whirl of cotillion dances with their timeless mortifications. A visit to ancient Northanger Abbey, the ancestral home of the novel's handsome hero, excites the irrepressible Catherine's hopes...

A wonderful little collection of short stories told in the form of fictional letters by famous English author Jane Austen. Although written when she was just 14 years old for the enjoyment of family and friends, her witty dialogue and characteristic sense of humour are very much there. "A Collection of Letters" is one of Austen's earliest works (it includes her original spelling quirks) and is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed her...

Unique Elements • About the Author • Historical Context • A BELOVED Literary Classic by JANE AUSTEN. "Sense and Sensibility" by BRITISH author JANE AUSTEN is a book of literary fiction first published in 1811 in the United Kingdom. A romantic coming-of-age novel filled with scenes of family life amongst the British landed gentry of early 19th century England. Sneak Peak 'Mrs. John Dashwood now installed herself mistress...

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen brings together the indelible characters, picturesque locations, and masterful storytelling of Jane Austen, one of the most beloved and celebrated authors of all time. This special ebook edition includes all of Austen's published works: Love and Friendship and Other Early Works, Lady Susan, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. HarperPerennial Classics...