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Han dicho que las novelas de la inglesa Jane Austen son descripciones de la vida domestica, pero ellas van mas alla pues son una aguda critica de una sociedad en la que las diferencias de nacimiento crean prejuicios que separan a la gente.

Et must for Jane Austen elskere: Jane Austen's Lady Susan i nyoversættelse samt hendes to ufuldendte romaner: The Watsons og Sanditon, som nu for første gang foreligger på dansk. Helt på højde med hendes store romaner i karaktertegning og miljøbeskrivelse. De tre tekster repræsenterer Jane Austen i tre forskellige perioder af hendes forfatterliv, hvor hun eksperimenterer med forskellige litterære stilarter fra melodrama til satire og udforsker flere sociale klasser og scenerier.

Jane Austen's final novel is the story of Anne Elliot, a woman who gets a second chance. As a teenager she becomes engaged to a man who seems perfect for her, Frederick Wentworth. But she is persuaded to break the engagement off by her friend Lady Russell, who believes that he is too poor to be a suitable match.

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” Emma is one of English fiction's most loved heroines. Her liveliness and quick wit, constant meddling and matchmaking between her acquaintances in the village of Highbury, and her own eventual falling in love are a delight.

Laura confronts many difficulties and disappointments with fainting spells and delirium. Other romantic epistolary short stories add to the fun and the joy of this remarkable collection.

Orgullo y prejuicio fue publicada por primera vez en 1813 y ha sido considerada una de las mejores novelas de Jane Austen. En ella, se relata la historia de las cinco hermanas Bennet y sus amores y desamores, centrándose en la figura de Elizabeth y en cómo debe superar obstáculos y madurar para descubrir a quién ama de verdad. Todo ello aderezado de un padre un poco excéntrico, una madre que roza el ridículo en sus ansias para casar a sus hijas, unas hermanas con caracteres muy diferentes y una auténtica colección de pretendientes interesados.

Queste raccolta completa di lettere scritte dalla Austen, (159), sono indirizzate quasi sempre alla sorella Cassandra, nei brevi periodi in cui non vivevano insieme. Molte sono state in gran parte distrutte da quest'ultima dopo la morte di Jane; pertanto dobbiamo prendere le lettere per quello che sono, senza aspettarci di trovarvi espressioni di soggetti privati come sentimenti, religione, politica. Ma queste istantanee di vita quotidiana, una dopo l'altra, hanno il potere di introdurci un po' alla volta nel suo mondo privato.

Gotische Abteien, gruselige Mönche, verworrene Handlungen - die junge Catherine Morland liebt Schauerromane! Sie reist mit Freunden der Familie für einige Wochen nach Bath, wo sie sich in den charmanten Henry Tilney verliebt. Als sie von dessen Schwester und deren Vater auf den Familiensitz Northanger Abbey eingeladen wird, sagt sie begeistert zu. Durch ihre sich überschlagende Phantasie manövriert sie sich dort allerdings in die eine und andere peinliche Lage.

Mit ihren siebenundzwanzig Jahren hat Anne Elliot sich in einem Leben als Mauerblümchen und alte Jungfer eingerichtet. Früh zur Vernunft gezwungen, erwartet sie nichts mehr von der Liebe. Das Band zu dem Mann, den sie noch immer innig liebt, hat sie in jungen Jahren zerschnitten, und der Kummer über diesen Schritt lässt sie nicht los. Doch eines Tages steht er wieder vor ihr und Anne schlägt ein neues Kapitel in ihrem Leben auf. Mit feinem Gespür für die unterschiedlichen sprachlichen Nuancen liest Kornelia Boje Jane Austens posthum erschienenen Roman.

Esta novela epistolar, escrita probablemente en 1794, narra los planes de la protagonista, la recientemente viuda lady Susan, para encontrar un nuevo marido, a la vez que intenta casar a su hija de dieciséis años. 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.

Sus protagonistas las jóvenes hermanas Dashwood, quienes, desde caracteres contrapuestos, comparten el mismo afán por la búsqueda de la felicidad. Elinor, tranquila y paciente, confía en salvar con su discreción los obstáculos que impiden su relación con Edward Ferrars. Impetuosa y extravertida, Marianne, por el contrario, no duda en dejarse conquistar por el seductor Willoughby.

Fanny Price es una niña todavía cuando sus tíos la acogen en su mansión de Mansfield Park, rescatándola de una vida de estrecheces y de necesidades. Allí, ante su mirada amedrentada, desfilará un mundo de ocio y de refinamiento en el que las inocentes diversiones alimentarán maquinaciones y estrategias de seducción.

Obra maestra de la narrativa del XIX y una de las grandes novelas de Jane Austen, Emma cuenta la historia de una inteligente y laboriosa joven empeñada en hacer de Celestina de todas sus amistades. Cuando su institutriz, amiga y confidente decide contraer matrimonio, Emma Woodhouse se queda sola con sus propios sentimientos y se enfrenta al vacío de su vida y a la penosa tarea de intentar que los demás lleven una vida tan perfecta como la suya.

It is human nature to create and compete. Both of these are brought together in sport. Many games began in distant eons and gradually adapted and became codified to those we know today. In this volume we celebrate, through the verse of so many well-known poets, sports of all kinds. Sports for the rich, sports for the poor and all manner in between. As Henry Newbolt would say, ‘Play up, play up, and play the game'.

Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's first published book. This comedy of manners is set in England, London, and Kent during the 1790s. Tackling love and heartbreak, the story follows the lives of the Dashwood sisters as they settle in their new home.

Emma Woodhouse has the world at her fingertips. She’s young, pretty, and smart; she also happens to be the reigning queen of her village’s social scene. Emma lives in Highbury, a small town about 16 miles outside of London, with her aging father. Mr. Woodhouse loves Emma, but he’s utterly unable to offer her any guidance - which is perhaps why Emma doesn’t seem to have any sense of her own limitations. Life seems pretty sweet - if a bit boring - and so Emma decides to spice things up by taking on a protégé, Harriet Smith.

Glamorous siblings Henry and Mary Crawford have captivated the Bertrams of Mansfield Park. Sisters Maria and Julia compete for Henry's attention. Their brother Edmund falls hard for Mary. The one exception is the Bertrams' shy cousin, Fanny Price. Penniless, plain and raised to believe she has little worth, Fanny has long accepted that Edmund will never love her as she loves him. He will marry another - just let it not be a girl like Mary Crawford! But when Fanny's seafaring brother gives her an ancient amber cross, the talisman reveals to her what kind of girl Mary Crawford really is.

Originally conceived by Jane Austen as a novel of letters, when it eventually became her first published novel Sense and Sensibility instead presented her now-famous omniscient, and often ironic, narrator. Austen moves between the straight point of view, where information can be trusted as fact, and the ironic, where critiques of society can be leveled with some measure of sarcasm. This tale of Elinor and Marianne will engage the listener for hours on end.

Austen’s classic tale of love and values in the class-conscious England of the late 18th century. The story follows Elizabeth Bennet, one of five sisters, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in landed-gentry society.

Rule by head or rule by heart? Elinor Dashwood is a great believer in "sense," while her exuberant younger sister Marianne feels keenly that only "sensibility" (what today we'd call passion) serves to guide the heart. Through vicissitudes and, in the case of Marianne, outright betrayal by her lover, these two women learn the value in the other's outlook, and thereby prepare themselves for later domestic bliss that is the hallmark resolution of Jane Austen's novels.