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Published posthumously, this early work is a satire on the Gothic mode typified by the novels of Ann Radcliffe, as well as a witty comedy of manners in the style of Jane Austens later novels and, ultimately, an enchanting love story Published posthumously, this early work is a satire on the Gothic mode typified by the novels of Ann Radcliffe, as well as a witty comedy of manners in the style of Jane Austens later novels and, ultimately, an enchanting love story While enjoying a six weeks stay in fashionable Bath, the young and callow Catherine Morland is introduced to the delights of high society. Thanks to a new literary diet of the sensational and the macabre, Catherine travels to Northanger Abbey fully expecting to become embroiled in a Gothic adventure of intrigue and suspense and, once there, soon begins to form the most gruesome and improbable theories about the exploits of its occupants. This edition includes pictures and an extensive section about the author's life and works.

Penguin Classics completes the set of Austen´s novels in this beautiful clothbound series, with covers by award-winning Penguin designer Coralie Bickford-Smith.

La aparición en Longbourn, un pueblo de la campiña inglesa, de Charles Bingley, joven, soltero y rico, despierta las ambiciones de las familias del vecindario, que lo consideran un excelente partido para sus hijas. El y su amigo Fitzwilliam Darcy, tambien adinerado, tendran que luchar contra las intrigas con las que se tratara de poner trabas al amor que sienten por dos de las hermanas Bennet, pobres y modes tas, antes de alcanzar un final feliz. Traduccion de Jose Luis Lopez Muñoz

"Pride and Prejudice" ranks as one of the most cherished love stories in English literature, delighting generations of readers with its high comedy, social observation and compelling romance, and spawning an entire industry of spin-off books, film adaptations and works of literary criticism. The pride of aristocratic Mr Darcy, and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet, conduct a compelling dance through the rigid society of early 19th century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing as their union seems ever more improbable. With a host of Bennet sisters playing out their own triumphs and disasters, and the unforgettable tragicomedy of their parents' marriage demonstrating just how high the stakes can be, Jane Austen's second novel leaves a lasting legacy in the mind of everyone who reads it.

This version includes a detailed introductory annotation on how the book and the plot were created.To contend, however, for a moment that the present volume is Miss Austens greatest, as it was her first published, novel, would be a mere exercise in paradox. There are, who swear by "Persuasion;" there are, who prefer "Emma" and " Mansfield Park ;" there is a large contingent for "Priide and Prejudice;" and there is even a section which advocates the pre-eminence of Nor thanger Abbey." But no one, as far as we can remember, has ever put "Sense and Sensibility" first, nor can I believe that its author did so herself. And yet it is she herself who has furnished the standard by which we judge it, and it is by comparison with "Pride and Prejudice," in which the leading characters are also two sisters, that we assess and depress its merit. The Elinor and Marianne of "Sense an Sensibility" are only inferior when they are contrasted with the Elizabeth and Jane of "Pride and Prejudice;" and even then, it is probably because we personally like the handsome and amiable Jane Bennet rather better than the obsolete survival of the sentimental novel represented by Marianne Dashwood. Darcy and Bingley again are much more "likeable" (to use Lady Queensberrys word) than the colourless Edward Ferrars and the stiff-jointed Colonel Brandon. - Austin Dobson.

The Juvenilia are the early works of Jane Austen, small essays, poems or plays that she compiled in three hand-written notebooks. This edition includes the following works:Frederic & ElfridaJack & AliceEdgar And Emma: A TaleHenry And ElizaThe Adventures Of Mr. HarleySir William MountagueMemoirs Of Mr. Clifford: An Unfinished TaleThe Beautifull CassandraAmelia WebsterThe Visit: A Comedy In Two ActsThe Mystery: An Unfinished ComedyThe Three Sisters... and many more ...

Jane Austen - Lady Susan is a magnificently crafted (and frequently provocative) novel of Regency customs and manners, which has become a readers favorite among the authors shorter works. Austen enthusiasts and students of English literature will delight in its wit and elegant expression.

In a publishing career that spanned less than a decade, Jane Austen used the romantic endeavours of her well-plotted characters as a stage from which to address issues of gender politics and class-consciousness rarely expressed in her day. The novels included in this beautiful leatherbound collection, "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion" and "Lady Susan", represent all of Austen's mature work as a novelist and provide the reader with an introduction to the world she and her memorable characters inhabited. "Jane Austen: Seven Novels" is part of "Barnes & Noble"'s series of quality leatherbound volumes. Each title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather.

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 relatives property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged.

EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 08/11/2024"Labbazia di Northanger" e un romanzo scritto da Jane Austen e pubblicato postumo nel 1817, due anni dopo la morte dellautrice. Si tratta di uno dei suoi primi lavori, scritto intorno al 1798, ma pubblicato solo in seguito grazie alla decisione del fratello di Jane Austen, Henry, di farlo conoscere al pubblico dopo la morte della scrittrice.Il romanzo narra la storia di Catherine Morland, una giovane donna ingenua e romantica, che viene invitata a trascorrere del tempo presso labbazia di Northanger, dove si trovera coinvolta in una serie di misteri e intrighi legati alla sua immaginazione e alla sua passione per i romanzi gotici.Con il caratteristico stile ironico e satirico di Jane Austen, "Labbazia di Northanger" offre una riflessione sulla natura umana, sul potere dellimmaginazione e sulle convenzioni sociali dellInghilterra dei primi dell800.