Az Értelem és érzelem című regény szerzője a 19. századi angol írónő, Jane Austen. 1811-ben adták ki, a mű Austen első regénye. Többször megfilmesítették, a legutóbbit 1995-ben Ang Lee rendezte. A történet Elinor és Marianne köré fonódik. Mr. Dashwood két lányáról szól, akiknek van egy fiatal húguk, Margeret és egy …
Written during Jane Austen's race against failing health, Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot, a woman who-at twenty-seven-is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years ago, she was persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain …
A mansfieldi kastély Jane Austen angol írónő 1814-ben megjelent regénye. 1812–1814 közt íródott, 1814 júliusában adta ki Thomas Egerton, aki Austen két korábbi művének, az Értelem és érzelemnek, valamint a Büszkeség és balítéletnek a kiadója is. A második kiadást John Murray adta ki, aki Austen következő regényét, az …
When Catherine Morland, a country clergyman's daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her. Captivated and disconcerted by what she finds, and introduced to the joys of 'Gothic novels' by her new friend, Isabella, …
Inspired by Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and written in a similar epistolary form, Lady Susan is one of Jane Austen’s earliest finished works. In it, she reveals all the caustic wit and brilliant social satire of her later novellas. The victim of a vicious scandal, the impoverished Lady Susan is obliged to take up …
If you love Julia Quinn's Bridgerton, Downton Abbey and Pride and Prejudice you'll fall head over heels for Sanditon! A novelisation of ITV's lavish period drama, Sanditon, adapted for television by Emmy and BAFTA-Award winning writer Andrew Davies and based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel.When a chance accident …
Introduction by A. S. Byatt. The first-ever full-color facsimile edition of one of Jane Austen's early works, with delightful portraits painted by her sister Cassandra, followed by a transcribed version of the text. Sixteen-year-old Jane describes herself as "a partial, prejudiced, and ignorant historian," and her …
This new collection of Austen's brilliant short fiction is the first annotated edition of her short writings. The texts have been compared with the manuscripts to give a number of new readings. In addition to prose fiction and prayers, this collection contains many of her poems written to amuse and console her …