Bøger af Jane Austen

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by "The Knight's Tale" from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written around 1594 to 1596. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and with the fairies who inhabit a moonlit forest. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile handmade reproduction) of the original edition of 1872 (new edition) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. The layout is +20% larger as the original for a better readability. "Mansfield Park" is the third novel by Jane Austen, written at Chawton Cottage between February 1811 and 1813. It was published in May 1814. "Mansfield Park" is the most controversial of Austen's major novels. Regency critics praised the novel's wholesome morality, but many modern readers find Fanny's timidity and disapproval of the theatricals difficult to sympathise with and reject the idea (made explicit in the final chapter) that she is a better person for the relative privations of her childhood. The story contains much social satire, targeted particularly at the two aunts.

TWO CLASSIC NOVELS IN ONE SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Originally published anonymously, Jane Austen's first novel follows the Dashwood sisters as they find love and romance, not to mention broken hearts. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Elizabeth Bennet finds romance with Mr. Darcy in the world of the landed gentry in Regency England. DOUBLE SHOT CLASSICS: the perfect way to build your classics library. Collect them all.

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, better known as a comedy of manners, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent 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 relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. Raison et Sensibilité, Raison et Sentiments, ou encore Le Coeur et la Raison) est le premier roman publié de la femme de lettres anglaise Jane Austen. Il paraît en 1811 de façon anonyme puisqu'il était signé by a Lady ( [signé] par une dame ). En effet, sa position sociale interdisait à Jane Austen de signer de son nom un roman destiné à la vente, mais elle ne voulait pas cacher qu'il était l'oeuvre d'une femme. Le texte initial, écrit vers 1795, probablement sous forme épistolaire, avait pour titre le nom des deux héroïnes, Elinor et Marianne, comme beaucoup de romans écrits par des femmes au XVIIIe siècle, mais le choix du titre définitif, pour la publication en 1811, semble indiquer une volonté didactique. Marianne Dashwood, ardente et romanesque, qui croit passionnément pouvoir s'affranchir des convenances, s'affiche avec le séduisant Willoughby dont elle est tombée amoureuse, tandis que sa soeur aînée, la raisonnable Elinor, cache le tendre sentiment que lui inspire son beau-frère, Edward Ferrars. Marianne devra apprendre à surmonter la trahison des sentiments, dans la douleur et avec l'aide de sa soeur, qui, de son côté, refuse stoïquement de rêver et se dévoue à sa famille. Publié par Thomas Egerton, et à compte d'auteur, à l'automne 1811, le roman est accueilli plutôt favorablement et paraît en français dès 1815, dans une traduction-adaptation très libre par Isabelle de Montolieu, sous le titre Raison et Sensibilité, ou les Deux Manières d'aimer. La traduction de Sensibility en français semble poser problème, puisque les traductions modernes hésitent entre sentiments et coeur. Mais les adaptations, que ce soit celle pour le cinéma d'Ang Lee, sur un scénario d'Emma Thompson en 1995, ou celle pour la télévision d'Andrew Davies en 2008, sont connues en français sous le titre Raison et Sentiments.

Última novela de la autora, publicada póstumamente en 1818, Persuasión narra la historia de una mujer en su madurez, una mujer sensible, paciente y menospreciada, que, años después de haber rechazado, persuadida por un mal consejo, al hombre que amaba, ve cómo este reaparece en su vida, rico y honorable pero aún despechado. Una mujer, en suma, que quizá por primera vez en la historia de la novela debe luchar para que el amor le conceda una segunda oportunidad. Como telón de fondo, un logrado retablo familiar y una maravillosa recreación de época.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

A retelling of the well-known novel from the sole perspective of Elizabeth Bennet. With only minor changes to the original story, this book retains the witty dialogue, the style and language of Jane Austen. While written using Austen's text and eighteenth-century vocabulary, the Eliza Gordon has endeavoured to ensure the story will be easy to read by a modern audience. It is the version she wished she'd had when in school. In large print for easy reading and for students and monsters who write comments between the lines. Ideal for English literature students who want a slightly more accessible version of the English classic.

This edition of Persuasion is part of The Jane Austen Collection offered by Cricket House Books. The collection includes Sense and Sensibility/1935814311, Pride and Prejudice/193581432X, Mansfield Park/1935814338, Emma/1935814346, Northanger Abbey/1935814354, and Persuasion/1935814362.________________________________Anne Elliot falls in love with a handsome young naval officer named Frederick Wentworth, who is intelligent and ambitious, but poor. Sir Walter, Anne's father and lord of the family estate of Kellynch, and her older sister Elizabeth are dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he is not distinguished enough for their family. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's deceased mother, persuades her to break off the match.Seven years later, at age 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former fiancé when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth, now a captain, is wealthy from wartime victories in the Royal Navy and from prize-money for capturing enemy ships. However, he has not forgiven Anne for her rejection of him.Persuasion is Jane Austens's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August 1816. She died, aged 41, in 1817; Persuasion was published in December that year (but dated 1818).Persuasion is connected with Northanger Abbey not only by the fact that the two books were originally bound up in one volume and published together two years later, but also because both stories are set partly in Bath, a fashionable city with which Jane Austen was well acquainted, having lived there from 1801 to 1805.Source: http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_(novel)

Sentido y sensibilidad, es una novela de la escritora británica Jane Austen publicada en 1811. Fue la primera de las novelas de Austen en ser publicadas, bajo el seudónimo de "A Lady" (una dama). Ha sido adaptada para el cine y la televisión numerosas veces. Aparecen en esta obra, de forma precisa, la vulgaridad y la ambición de la época napoleónica, en que la Ilustración destruye toda estructura de la fe medieval y la ciencia inspirara una nueva forma de filosofía que enfatizaba la búsqueda de los placeres terrenales; asimismo, refleja los momentos iniciales del Romanticismo del siglo XIX, los efectos de la urbanización, mecanización y racionalismo. No obstante, la principal característica de la novela es el análisis de las reacciones y reflexiones del alma humana. Es un verdadero ensayo de la psicología humana.

Walter Elliot, nacido el 1 de marzo de 1760, contrajo matrimonio en 15 de julio de 1784 con Isabel, hija de Jaime Stevenson, hidalgo de South Park, en el condado de Gloucester. De esta señora, fallecida en 1800, tuvo a Isabel, nacida el 1 de junio de 1785; a Ana, nacida el 9 de agosto de 1787; a un hijo nonato, el 5 de noviembre de 1789, y a María, nacida el 20 de noviembre de 1791. Tal era el párrafo original salido de manos del impresor; pero Sr Walter lo había mejorado, añadiendo, para información propia y de su familia, las siguientes palabras después de la fecha del natalicio de María: "Casada el 16 de diciembre de 1810 con Carlos, hijo y heredero de Carlos Musgrove, hidalgo de Uppercross, en el condado de Somerset". Apuntó también con el mayor cuidado el día y el mes en que perdiera a su esposa.

Austen's final novel, Persuasion, tells the story of Anne Elliot, a unmarried and aging woman who reencounters her old fiancé, Frederick Wentworth, whom she had been pressured to reject a decade earlier. Now a successful naval officer, Captain Wentworth is determined to take any eligible woman as a bride-except Anne Elliot. This humorous and moving story of lost love and reconciliation is Austen's final testament to the universality of love and the possibility of happiness it offers to every person.

The events of the story are put in motion by the marriages of three sisters. Lady Bertram married extremely well to the wealthy baronet Sir Thomas Bertram, while Mrs. Norris married a clergyman, who was given the living at the local parsonage by Sir Thomas; this allows the Norrises to live comfortably, yet far below the opulence of the Bertrams. The third sister, Mrs. Price, married a naval lieutenant who was shortly afterwards wounded in battle and left with a meager pension, scarcely enough to support their eventual household of nine children. Mrs. Norris, always wishing to appear virtuous, proposes that Lady Bertram take one of the children to live with her at Mansfield Park. They choose the eldest daughter Fanny Price, who is the protagonist of the novel. Thus, at age 10, Fanny is sent to live with her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. Fanny's new life is not as she might wish. Her energetic Aunt Norris, who strongly advocated the plan of bringing Fanny when it was first proposed, becomes less interested as time goes on and does little to assist with Fanny's care, except to frequently point out the bother and expense Fanny causes. Aunt Norris refuses to allow a fire to be set in Fanny's room, though Fanny is in poor health. At Mansfield Park, Fanny grows up with her four older cousins, Tom (17), Edmund (16), Maria (13), and Julia (12), but is always treated as an unwanted poor relation. Only Edmund shows real kindness. He is also the most good-natured of the siblings: Maria and Julia are vain and spoiled, while Tom is an irresponsible gambler. Over time, Fanny's gratitude for Edmund's thoughtfulness secretly grows into romantic love. Lady Bertram is of a lazy and indolent temperament and rarely does anything to assist the raising or monitoring of the children, while all of the children are in awe of Sir Thomas. Mrs.

MY DEAR BROTHER, -I can no longer refuse myself the pleasure of profiting by your kind invitation when we last parted of spending some weeks with you at Churchhill, and, therefore, if quite convenient to you and Mrs. Vernon to receive me at present, I shall hope within a few days to be introduced to a sister whom I have so long desired to be acquainted with. My kind friends here are most affectionately urgent with me to prolong my stay, but their hospitable and cheerful dispositions lead them too much into society for my present situation and state of mind; and I impatiently look forward to the hour when I shall be admitted into your delightful retirement

Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile handmade reproduction) of the original edition of 1902 (volume II of II) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. Illustrated with a picture. The layout is +30% larger as the original for a better readability. Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 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.

When Fannie Price is sent to live with her rich uncle and aunt Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram at the age of ten, she finds that she is treated like a poor unwanted cousin. Most of the novel features Fannie at age eighteen and nineteen. She's been in love with her cousin Edmund, who is the only one of her cousins to show her any true kindness. The problem is that Edmund is in love with Mary Crawford. Mansfield Park is perhaps Jane Austen's most controversial novel, and it features a good deal of social satire.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a husband. In this subversive take on one of the great works of English literature, author Kristina Jameson flips Jane Austen's sentences-and world-around. Now, this story of Regency-era England is full of the down-on-their-luck Bennet brothers, the haughty Frangelica Darcy, and the scheming Georgiana Wickham. Clever and sharp-tongued Eddie Bennet finds himself caught between the charms of Georgiana and a strange attraction to the most peculiar Ms. Darcy. With a meddling father and flighty brothers to worry about, Eddie ends up making a big mistake. Can he fix it, or is he destined to a life of bachelorhood? In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Flipped, Jameson swaps the genders of all the characters to give Austen's classic battle-of-the-sexes book a fresh new look. In doing so, she reveals new truths both about the gender politics of Austen's age and their still-strong reverberations in the modern world. Along the way, Jameson insightfully explains her writing process and how the changes she made took the story in new and surprising directions.

Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels, among which Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho is a favourite. Catherine is invited by the Allens, her wealthier neighbours in Fullerton, to accompany them to visit the town of Bath and partake in the winter season of balls, theatre and other social delights. Although initially the excitement of Bath is dampened by her lack of acquaintances, she is soon introduced to a clever young gentleman, Henry Tilney, with whom she dances and converses. Much to Catherine's disappointment, Henry does not reappear in the subsequent week and, not knowing whether or not he has left Bath for good, she wonders if she will ever see him again. Through Mrs Allen's old school-friend Mrs Thorpe, she meets her daughter Isabella, a vivacious and flirtatious young woman, and the two quickly become friends. Mrs Thorpe's son John is also a friend of Catherine's older brother, James, at Oxford where they are both students.

A Memoir of Jane Austen. By J.E. Austen Leigh and Jane Austen

Extrait: La famille des Dashwood était depuis long-temps établie dans le comté de Sussex. Leurs domaines étaient étendus, et leur résidence habituelle était à Norland-Park, au centre de leurs propriétés, où plusieurs générations avaient vécu avec honneur, aimées et respectées de leurs vassaux et de leurs voisins. Le dernier possesseur de ces biens, était un vieux célibataire, qui pendant long-temps avait vécu avec une soeur chargée de diriger l'économie de sa maison, en même temps qu'elle était sa fidèle compagne. Elle mourut dix ans avant lui, et pour réparer cette perte, il invita un neveu, qui devait hériter de ses terres, à venir vivre auprès de lui avec toute sa famille. Ce neveu, M. Henri Dashwood était marié, et il avait des enfans. Le bon vieillard trouva dans leur société un bonheur qui lui était inconnu, et son attachement pour eux tous s'augmenta chaque jour. Monsieur et madame Henri Dashwood soignèrent sa vieillesse bien moins par intérêt que par bonté de coeur, et la gaîté des enfans, et leurs douces caresses animèrent le soir de sa vie et la prolongèrent.

Seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is one of ten children of a country clergyman. Although a tomboy in her childhood, by the age of 17 she is "in training for a heroine" and is excessively fond of reading Gothic novels, among which Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho is a favourite. Catherine is invited by the Allens, her wealthier neighbours in Fullerton, to accompany them to visit the town of Bath and partake in the winter season of balls, theatre and other social delights. Although initially the excitement of Bath is dampened by her lack of acquaintances, she is soon introduced to a clever young gentleman, Henry Tilney, with whom she dances and converses. Much to Catherine's disappointment, Henry does not reappear in the subsequent week and, not knowing whether or not he has left Bath for good, she wonders if she will ever see him again. Through Mrs Allen's old school-friend Mrs Thorpe, she meets her daughter Isabella, a vivacious and flirtatious young woman, and the two quickly become friends. Mrs Thorpe's son John is also a friend of Catherine's older brother, James, at Oxford where they are both students.

Jane Austen 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.-Wikipedia

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 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 has gained her historical importance among scholars and critics -wikipedia

The Watsons by Jane Austen Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.