Bøger af Jane Austen

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

Puffin Plated: A Book-to-Table Reading ExperienceA deluxe, full-color hardback edition of the perennial Jane Austen classic featuring a selection of recipes for tea-time treats by the one and only Martha Stewart!Have your book and eat it, too, with this clever edition of a classic novel, featuring delicious recipes from celebrity chefs. In this edition of Jane Austen's regency classic Pride and Prejudice, plan a fancy tea party or book club gathering with recipes for sweet confections and pastries. From maple glazed scones and delicate sugar and spice cake, to berry tartlets and French macaroons. Bring your friends and family together with a good meal and a good book!Book includes full, unabridged text of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, interspersed with recipes, food photography, and special food artwork.

One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped our World.Jane Austen's best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason, and above all the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated by Hugh Thomson and features an afterword by author and critic, Henry Hitchings.A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr Darcy must have their pride humbled and their prejudices dissolved before they can acknowledge their love for each other.

the lost romance and the lost youth' Julian FellowesEight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth.

Perhaps the most accomplished of Austen's novels, Emma is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular. Film and television adaptations testify to the world's enduring affection for headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her romantic schemes. Emma: An Annotated Edition is an illuminating gift edition that will be treasured by readers.

From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 1,200 annotations on facing pages, including: -Explanations of historical context-Citations from Austen's life, letters, and other writings-Definitions and clarifications-Literary comments and analysis-Maps of places in the novel-An introduction, bibliography, and detailed chronology of events-225 informative illustrations Filled with fascinating details about the characters' clothing, furniture, and carriages, and illuminating background information on everything from the vogue for all things medieval to the opportunities for socializing in the popular resort town of Bath, David M. Shapard's Annotated Northanger Abbey brings Austen's world into richer focus.

From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's Emma that makes her beloved tale of an endearingly inept matchmaker an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 2,200 annotations on facing pages, including: - Explanations of historical context - Citations from Austen's life, letters, and other writings - Definitions and clarifications - Literary comments and analysis - Maps of places in the novel - An introduction, bibliography, and detailed chronology of events - Nearly 200 informative illustrations Filled with fascinating information about everything from the social status of spinsters and illegitimate children to the shopping habits of fashionable ladies to English attitudes toward gypsies, David M. Shapard's Annotated Emma brings Austen's world into richer focus.

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But when the glamorous and exciting Henry and Mary Crawford arrive in the area, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary and Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has never experienced before. 'Full of the energies of discord - sibling rivalry, greed, ambition, illicit sexual passion and vanity' Margaret Drabble

'Your little cousin cannot help being dull and stupid.'

Having been persuaded to view the match as imprudent, Anne Elliot broke off her engagement to a naval officer with no prospects. Seven years later, when they meet again, Anne has the chance to recover the happiness she had forgone. This new edition examines Persuasion against the background of the Napoleonic Wars and includes fuller notes and appendices on social rank, dancing, and the Navy.

With its loveable, impressionable heroine and its themes of growing up and learning to live in the real world, Northanger Abbey remains one of Jane Austen's most irresistible and up-to-date novels.

'We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny'Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Emma Wodehouse has led a simple life, but during the course of this, she at last reaps her share of the world's vexations. In this comedy of manners, the heroine learns to come to terms with the reality of other people, and with her own erring nature.

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Jane Austens classic tale of love and loss, Persuasion. Read by the actress Geraldine McEwan. At 27, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austens last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.

These three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings. The early epistolary novel LADY SUSAN depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, THE WATSONS is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine - Emma - finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Meanwhile SANDITON, set in a seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and spectators, treated by Austen with both amusement and scepticism.

Emma Woodhouse er både smuk, intelligent og rig. Efter sin mors død har hun indtaget rollen som førstedame på Hartfield, hvor hun bor sammen med sin omsorgsfulde, men noget hypokondriske far. Woodhouse-familien er en af de fornemmeste på egnen, og Emma er meget bevidst om sin overlegne position såvel som sine øvrige fortrin. Da hun påtager sig rollen som Kirsten Giftekniv over for sin veninde Harriet, løber hendes livlige fantasi flere gange af med hende, og hendes tendens til at nære lidt for høje tanker om sig selv og sin egen dømmekraft medfører utallige forviklinger og får helt uforudsete konsekvenser. Emma, som også er meget kærlig og charmerende, har mange venner, der tilsyneladende alle er blinde over for hendes fejl. Bortset fra Mr. Knightley. Han forsøger utrætteligt at få den stædige Emma til at indse sin egen indbildskhed, men da hun endelig begynder at indrømme sandheden over for sig selv, er det lige ved at være for sent."Bogen er som en brusende kvadrille med partnerskifte, til alle efter megen uvished finder den rette … totalbilledets elskværdighed er uimodståelig." – Jacob Paludan, Politiken"Rene mesterstykker er portrætterne af den snakkesyge Miss Bates og Emmas far, den gamle forpylrede Mr. Woodhouse. De er bundkomiske, men meget menneskelige og meget elskelige. Alle hendes figurer træder os lyslevende i møde tværs gennem deres historiske mundering. Giv dem andre hatte, bukser eller kjoler på, og vi har dem spadserende rundt imellem os i dag." – Mogens Knudsen, Information

Hun er rig og privilegeret og mener, at det er, som det bør være. Hun kan være ulidelig, men alligevel er hun elskelig.Hun hedder Emma og er yngste datter af mr. Woodhouse, og da hendes mor er død og hendes søster gift og flyttet, er hun førstedame på familieejendommen Hartfield i Surrey. En position hun finder er både naturlig og fortjent, omgivet som hun er af kærlige venner og en elskelig og hypokondrisk far. Da hun er fuldt ud tilfreds med sit liv og i øvrigt mener, at hun har evnen, påtager hun sig rollen som Kirsten Giftkniv og forsøger med større eller mindre held at føre folk fra sin omgangskreds sammen. Trods sin intelligens er Emma ikke altid lige heldig, hvilket hendes veninde Harriet får at føle. H6endes eneste kritiker, mr. Knightley, prøver ihærdigt at råde sin veninde, men Emma er egenrådig og stædig. Og hvis hun ikke passer på, kan hun let forspilde sine egne chancer…I Jane Austens roman Emma fra 1815 suges man ind i en verden af dannet konversation, delikat sladder, klaverunderholdning og kurtisering.

Da Elizabeth Bennet første gang møder Fitzwilliam Darcy, finder hun ham arrogant og indbildsk allerede inden, han ved samme lejlighed højlydt fornærmer hendes udseende. Da hun senere finder ud af, at Darcy er hovedårsagen til, at hendes elskede søster Jane ikke kan få den mand, hun elsker, vokser hendes i forvejen stærke modvilje mod ham endnu mere. I den begivenhedsrige fortælling, der herefter følger, udstiller Jane Austen, hvor lidt man kan stole på førstehåndsindtryk, ligesom hun på karakteristisk ironisk vis udstiller snobberi, dumhed, selvoptagethed og flosset moral i det 19. århundredes provinsielle middelklasseliv i England. Det lyder måske trivielt, men det er det ikke. Det er Jane Austen, når hun er bedst, og Stolthed og fordom er en af de uomgængelige kærlighedsromaner i litteraturhistorien."Trods sit antikverede, engelske middelklassemiljø med dets ligeså forældede kønsroller evner en roman som Austens Stolthed og fordom (1813) at skildre kærlighed og længsler, så følelserne står tindrende klare for læseren." – Lars Handesten, Berlingske"Helt ærligt! En roman om engelsk middelklassemiljø i 1700-tallet med mænd, der skal gøre sig fortjent og kvinder, der bare venter på at blive gift. Hvorfor skulle vi gide? Fordi romanen er skrevet af Jane Austen. Fordi den er en af verdenslitteraturens store skildrere af kærlighed og længsler. Fordi vi har slugt de forskellige filmatiseringer gennem årene. Og fordi helten hedder Mr. Darcy." – Kirsten Boas, Kristeligt Dagblad"Stolthed og fordom handler også om det, alle store romaner omhandler: søgningen efter selvet. Og det er den første store roman, der lærer os, at denne søgning lige så vel kan finde sted gennem småsnak i dagligstuen som i jagten på en stor hvid hval eller i den offentlige afstraffelse af utroskab." – Anna Quindlen, Modern Library

Da Anne Elliot var 19 år, lod hun sig af økonomiske årsager overtale til at bryde sin ellers lykkelige forlovelse med den charmerende, men ubemidlede søofficer Frederick Wentworth. Da tilfældighederne bringer dem sammen otte år senere, er de begge stadig ugift, og Wentworth er blevet velhavende. Han har dog ikke tilgivet Anne, at hun i sin tid lod sig overtale til at afvise ham, og han behandler hende med kulde og ligegyldighed. Anne, der for længst har indset, at hun burde have fulgt sit hjerte og ikke ladet sig påvirke af andres overtalelse, ser resigneret og bedrøvet til, mens Wentworth gør kur til naboernes døtre. Men samtidig får hun selv en ny beundrer, og et uheld på en spadseretur vender op og ned på tingene. Annes venner og familie prøver stadig at få indflydelse på hendes beslutninger, men den modne Anne forlader sig nu på sin egen dømmekraft; denne gang vil hun ikke bukke under for overtalelse.Overtalelses heltinde, Anne Elliot, er den ældste af alle Austens heltinder, og bogen beskriver en dybere og mere moden kærlighed, end man er vant til fra Austens øvrige romaner. Desuden er det den eneste af hendes bøger, hvor helten ikke er aristokrat, men en mand fra mere beskedne kår, der har arbejdet sig til sin formue."En meget fin og vittig og rørende historie om en ung pige, der engang lod sig kue til at sige nej til sin elskede, fordi han var fattig og nu møder ham igen, da han er blevet rig. Forbavsende er den spænding, som Austen kan oparbejde, om de to mennesker nu får hinanden." – Bent Mohn, Politiken"Det er en bog om modenhed og godhed og kvindesind, og den er ikke bare morsom, men også gribende. Jane Austens bøger er med hendes egne ord 'noget der udvider ens viden om arten menneske'" – Poul Borum, Ekstra Bladet

Written when Austen was still an adolescent, Frederic and Elfrida is a witty and inventive parody that brilliantly sends up the conventions of romantic fiction.

This complete collection of Jane Austen's childhood writings, including her sister Cassandra's illustrations to Jane's 'The History of England', vividly showcases their rambunctious, indecorous and surreal character. Explanatory endnotes illuminate the cultural, historical and literary context, bringing Jane Austen's world to life.

Elizabeth Bennet navigates the complexities of love, family, and pride. Her independent spirit clash with the aloof Mr. Darcy, leading to a battle of misunderstandings and growing attraction.

During his reign, Lord Cobham was burnt alive, but I forget what for.In Jane Austen's breezy and entirely biased telling of English history, Mary, Queen of Scots is a scandalously wronged victim, Elizabeth I is a wicked villain and most historical facts and dates are cheerfully disregarded. It is accompanied here by other riotous early pieces in which young women steal money, escape from prison, agree to marry two men at once, faint and repeatedly 'run mad'.