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This book is the basis for Whit Stillman's feature film Love and Friendship starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny.

Northanger Abbey certainly contains some elements of 18th century Gothic “potboilers” but with a satiric slant. It has the overbearing father who was “not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters”, although her mother does not die giving birth to her, and the “heroine”, Catherine Morland, prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes like watering rose bushes or feeding canaries. The book is a hilarious parody and certainly the most lighthearted of Austen's novels.

Alla sua pubblicazione nel 1814, Mansfield Park riscosse un immediato successo, tanto che nel 1816 fu tradotto in francese. Il romanzo è un delizioso affresco corale imbastito intorno alla protagonista, Fanny Price, che, partendo dalla sua umile casa piena di fratelli, si ritrova catapultata a soli nove anni nella ricca tenuta dei parenti nobili, i Bertram, a Mansfield Park. Fanciulla di sani principi e grande timidezza, Fanny trova nel cugino Edmund l’unica guida e sostegno alla sua crescita.

Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821. The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at age ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood.

Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling. She has no time for dull common sense - or for middle-aged men of 35, long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young, of course. And if your heart is broken at the age of 17, how can you ever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fills your life, waking and sleeping?

Emma is a vivacious twenty-year-old, who has spent her life in the pleasant seclusion of a village community and who lives with her widowed valetudinarian father. Most of the neighbors admire and approve of her, except for George Knightley, a local landowner, who often expresses his disapproval of Emma’s highhanded and controlling tendencies, in particular her assumption of the unofficial role of matchmaker.

Al fondo, en el último rincón, una heroína sensible, paciente y menospreciada. Una mujer que «había dejado atrás la edad de ruborizarse; pero no, desde luego, la de las emociones»; y que ahora, ocho años después de haber rechazado, persuadida por un mal consejo, al hombre que amaba, ve como éste reaparece en su vida, rico, honorable, pero aún despechado. Una mujer que, quizá por primera vez en la historia de la novela, debe luchar para que el amor le conceda una segunda oportunidad.

Austen se sirve de este género para construir una obra en donde las distintas cartas se engarzan como piezas de un rompecabezas hasta completar ante los ojos del lector una historia de pequeñas intrigas. La obra subvierte todas las normas de la novela romántica: lady Susan tiene un papel activo; no sólo es hermosa, sino también inteligente e ingeniosa, y sus pretendientes son significativamente más jóvenes que ella.

First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is the most polished of Jane Austen’s novels, with a humorous and upbeat mood. It was written at a time when the author’s narrative powers were fully developed and the story flows with an ease that conceals the skill of its construction. The plot line follows the sequence of a love relationship apprehended, misunderstood, and finally realized, which has since become a standard format of the romcom genre. However, Austen complicates the action by involving not one but four romantic relationships in the plot.

Publicada póstumamente en 1818, presenta un cuadro de familia sumamente austeniano: un viudo pomposo que sólo lee el baronetario, una hija soltera llena de pretensiones, una hija casada hipocondríaca y caprichosa, una multitud ruidosa de parientes y vecinos que aparecen por todas partes… y, al fondo, en el último rincón, una heroína sensible, paciente y menospreciada.

The novel opens with Mr. and Mrs. Parker’s visit to Sanditon, a village on the coast of Sussex. Sanditon is being developed into a bathing-place under the patronage of the two principal proprietors of the parish, Mr. Parker and Lady Denham. Mr. Parker suffers an injury and receives assistance from a local farmer, Mr. Heywood. The latter’s daughter, Charlotte, is of marriageable age and has three eligible suitors: Lady Denham’s foppish son, Sir Edward; Mr. Parker’s devil-may care brother, Sydney; and Arthur, who is an unemployed hypochondriac.

In "Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen, discover a story of moral strength, virtue, and self-realization through the eyes of Fanny Price, a quiet and observant heroine navigating the complexities of family, love, and social status. This podcast unpacks the intricate dynamics of human relationships, societal expectations, and personal morality in one of Austen's most profound works. Tune in for a journey of reflection and insight, as we explore themes of integrity, love, and class in 19th-century England.

Delve into "The Watsons," an unfinished novel by Jane Austen. This podcast brings to life Austen's exploration of social class, family dynamics, and romance through the story of Emma Watson and her attempts to navigate Regency-era society.

Im England des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts steht die junge und schöne Elisabeth Bennet vor einer großen Lebensentscheidung: der Wahl eines geeigneten Heiratskandidaten. Ihr allzu stolzes Wesen jedoch vernebelt ihr ein ums andere Mal den Blick, bis sie nach vielen Verwicklungen schließlich doch die Liebe ihres Lebens findet. Der erste Satz von Jane Austens Roman "Stolz und Vorurteil", eine in England zitierfähige Sentenz, lautet: "Nichts ist leichter vorauszusetzen, als dass ein junger, reicher, unverheirateter Mann, vor allen anderen Dingen, einer Frau bedarf."

Ein Hörspiel in Starbesetzung nach Jane Austens bekanntestem Roman. Alexander Fehling als Mr Darcy. Die Funken sprühen, als die temperamentvolle Elizabeth Bennet den alleinstehenden, reichen und stolzen Mr. Darcy trifft. Ein Stoff, wie gemacht für Alexander Fehling (Darcy) und Maeve Metelka (Elizabeth), die sich in treffsicheren Wortduellen fetzen – und widerwillig ineinander verlieben.

Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel, focuses on the lives and loves of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The sensible Elinor and the sensitive Marianne both fall for men whose affections are otherwise engaged. The novel includes a wonderful cast of colorful supporting characters, as well as Austen's trademark dry wit and ironic narration.View our entire collection of podcasts at www.solgood.orgAll Librivox recordings are in the public domain

This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh printed it in his A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1871. The title is from him.Mr Watson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, Emma is obliged to return to her father's house. There she is chagrined by the crude and reckless husband-hunting of two of ...

A cautionary tale about the evils of interference, matchmaking and good intentions turned awry, Emma is the study of a young woman raised without sufficient discipline or occupation. Handsome, clever and rich, Emma is the epitome of what a young woman should be in Regency England, except for the fact that her indulgent father and lack of a mother have left her spoiled and used to getting her own way. Emma's only true critic and voice of reason is Mr. Knightley, a gentleman whose opinion she values greatly. She delights in meddling in the romantic affairs of everyone around her, thinking ...

Miss Frances, the youngest Ward sister, "married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a lieutenant of marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly. She could hardly have made a more untoward choice." Some years later, pregnant with her ninth child, Mrs. Price appeals to her family, namely to her eldest sister and her husband, Sir Thomas Bertram, for help with her over-large family. Sir Thomas provides assistance in helping his nephews into lines of work suitable to their education, and takes his eldest niece, Fanny Price, then ten years...

Northanger Abbey follows Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath, England. Seventeen year-old Catherine spends her time visiting newly-made friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and going to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother John Thorpe (Catherine's brother James's friend from university), and by Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit ...