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Marianne Dashwood cant understand her sister. How could the attractive, witty, and charming Elinor fall for the quiet, self-effacing, and rather dull Edward Ferrars? And, if the two are in love, why dont they shout it to the world? Meanwhile, Elinor worries that Mariannes heart-first approach to life will hurt her, especially when it comes to the dashing John Willoughby. The two sisters spar good-naturedly over the merits of full-blown emotionalism versus reticence and self-discipline in matters of the heart. Fond as they are of each other, each is certain that hers is the only true path to love. Meanwhile, both Edward and Willoughby harbor secrets that will force these women to doubt their philosophies, their judgment, and their chances for happiness. With Sense and Sensibility, her first published novel, Austen served notice that a new and important author had arrivedone whose style, wit, and piercing sense of satire supported a compelling story peopled with finely drawn characters and punctuated with remarkable insights into the human condition.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.'' So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. This special, tie-in movie edition is being released to coincide with the upcoming film, featuring an all star cast.

Jane Austin es la primera gran escritora en lengua inglesa. Se la ha colocado al lado de George Eliot, Henry James y Joseph Conrad, inaugurando la gran tradición narrativa de Inglaterra. Una buena biblioteca en la casa paterna y una intensa aficion a la lectura desde la infancia perfilaron en ella, desde muy joven, una clara intencion de llegar a ser novelista."Orgullo y prejuicio", publicada en 1813, fue bien recibida desde el principio. Para algunos criticos se combinan en ella las tradiciones de la satira poetica y la novela sentimental, dando lugar a una novela entretenida, de suspense y de ataque a los vicios sociales mas clasicos.

Cuando la joven Emma -hija soltera del rico y distinguido señor Woodhouse- pierde la compañía de su antigua institutriz, toma bajo su tutela a la humilde Harriet Smith. Su extracción modesta y su simpleza, ademas de su hermosura, hacen de ella una candidata perfecta para que Emma pueda entregarse a su ocupacion favorita: arreglar la vida de los demas. Sus afanes para que Harriet haga un matrimonio ventajoso y su personalidad manipuladora sufriran, sin embargo, distintos reveses antes de que la situacion alcance un final inesperado y feliz.

Questo romanzo, tra i piu importanti nella storia della letteratura inglese, fu rifiutato da un editore di Londra e fu pubblicato in forma anonima soltanto nel 1813. Jane Austen lo inizio quando aveva ventuno anni. Narra la storia di cinque sorelle della famiglia Bennet, seguendo gli intrecci sentimentali fra le ragazze e i loro corteggiatori. I Bennet vivono in una tranquilla e provincia inglese con scarsi mezzi, le cinque sorelle sono nelleta giusta per trovare marito e larrivo in paese di due scapoli affascinanti e benestanti e un evento destinato a rivoluzionare una monotona quotidianita. Risalta la figura di Elizabeth, dotata di grande intelligenza e senso dellumorismo, che si ribella allidea di trascorrere la propria vita tra balli, ricevimenti e te delle cinque. Il suo rapporto con uno dei nuovi arrivati, lo scostante e misterioso Mr Darcy, e inizialmente avvolto in una cordiale antipatia che si trasformera progressivamente in un grande amore. Commedia di costume tra le piu studiate e amate della letteratura inglese, Austen tratteggia con maestria i personaggi e la vita provinciale nella quale essa stessa era immersa, le differenze di classe sociale, i pregiudizi dei propri concittadini e vicini di casa, lorgoglio e lostinazione dei caratteri piu forti. Un capolavoro indimenticabile di unautrice che, con occhio implacabile e talvolta cinico, tratteggia in maniera impeccabile la satira delle vanita, delle debolezze e delle virtu della vita domestica.

Ebook con un sumario dinámico y detallado: Las Obras esenciales de Jane Austen:- Sentido y sensibilidad- Emma- Orgullo y Prejuicio- Lady Susan- Persuasión- La abadía de Northanger- Mansfield Park

Sense and Sensibility | Pride and Prejudice | Mansfield Park | Emma | Northanger Abbey | Persuasion | Lady Susan. Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, she paints vivid portraits of English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close. Each of the novels is a love story and a story about marriage - marriage for love, for financial security, for social status. But they are not mere romances; ironic, comic and wise, they are masterly studies of the society Jane Austen observed. The seven novels in this volume contain some of the most brilliant, dazzling prose in the English language.

Presentamos las dos obras más conocidas de Jane Austen en un estuche regalo con los siguientes títulos: Sentido y sensibilidad y Orgullo y prejuicio.

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La protagonista de "Persuasión" es Anne Elliot, hija mediana de un vanidoso Sir con un título de nobleza menor. Fueron precisamente sus ínfulas de grandeza las que llevaron años atrás a Anne a rechazar, pese a sus sentimientos, el matrimonio con un por entonces joven militar de incierto futuro. Pero las guerras hacen mudar las fortunas y las hazañas de aquel oficial lo han convertido, cuando vuelven a encontrarse, en un acaudalado capitan de la Armada de Su Majestad. Dolido aun por aquel antiguo desaire, el capitan Wentworth sera ahora, cuando de a conocer su voluntad de casarse, quien haga gala de su indiferencia hacia Anne...La protagonista de "Persuasión" es Anne Elliot, hija mediana de un vanidoso Sir con un título de nobleza menor. Fueron precisamente sus ínfulas de grandeza las que llevaron años atrás a Anne a rechazar, pese a sus sentimientos, el matrimonio con un por entonces joven militar de incierto futuro. Pero las guerras hacen mudar las fortunas y las hazañas de aquel oficial lo han convertido, cuando vuelven a encontrarse, en un acaudalado capitan de la Armada de Su Majestad. Dolido aun por aquel antiguo desaire, el capitan Wentworth sera ahora, cuando de a conocer su voluntad de casarse, quien haga gala de su indiferencia hacia Anne...

" Orgullo y prejuicio" está considerada como una de las mejores novelas escritas en inglés y su autora como una de las grandes escritoras en lengua inglesa. Novela entretenida, de suspense, con un argumento construido de forma perfecta, un dialogo ironico y agil, a menudo brillante, ataca los vicios sociales mas clasicos el egoismo, la arrogancia, la avaricia, la hipocresia, el esnobismo, etc. y mantiene al lector inteligente con una continua sonrisa ironica.

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work her own darling child and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print. The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austens radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England.Among the writers who have approached nearest to the manner of the great master, we have no hesitation in placing Jane Austen. Thomas MacaulayPride and Prejudice is the best novel in the language. Anthony TrollopeI used to think that men did everything better than women, but that was before I read Jane Austen. I dont think any man ever wrote better than Jane Austen. Rex StoutElizabeth Bennet has but to speak, and I am at her knees. Robert Louis StevensonRead again, and for the third time at least, Miss Austens very finely written novel of Pride and Prejudice. That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. Sir Walter Scott

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.My dear Mr. Bennet, said his lady to him one day, have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.But it is, returned she; for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.Mr. Bennet made no answer.Do not you want to know who has taken it? cried his wife impatiently.You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.This was invitation enough.

This is the Annotated Version of the Original Book. We have annotated this book by adding 60% to 70% Summary at the end of the book which is approximately 16000 words in Red Font. The Brief description of the book is written as follows.Table of Contents added for easier navigation. You can read any chapter or the main summary directly with 1 click if you want to.Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and charming recent widow, visits her brother- and sister-in-law, Charles and Catherine Vernon, with little advance notice at Churchill, their country residence. Catherine is far from pleased, as Lady Susan had tried to prevent her marriage to Charles and her unwanted guest has been described to her as "the most accomplished coquette in England". Among Lady Susans conquests is the married Mr. Manwaring. Catherines brother Reginald arrives a week later, and despite Catherines strong warnings about Lady Susans character, soon falls under her spell. Lady Susan toys with the younger mans affections for her own amusement and later because she perceives it makes her sister-in-law uneasy. Her confidante, Mrs. Johnson, to whom she writes frequently, recommends she marry the very eligible Reginald, but Lady Susan considers him to be greatly inferior to Manwaring. Frederica, Lady Susans 16-year-old daughter, tries to run away from school when she learns of her mothers plan to marry her off to a wealthy but insipid young man she loathes. She also becomes a guest at Churchill. Catherine comes to like herher character is totally unlike her mothersand as time goes by, detect Fredericas growing attachment to the oblivious Reginald. Later, Sir James Martin, Fredericas unwanted suitor, shows up uninvited, much to her distress and her mothers vexation. When Frederica begs Reginald for support out of desperation (having been forbidden by Lady Susan to turn to Charles and Catherine), this causes a temporary breach between Reginald and Lady Susan, but the latter soon repairs the rupture. Lady Susan decides to return to London and marry her daughter off to Sir James. Reginald follows, still bewitched by her charms and intent on marrying her, but he encounters Mrs. Manwaring at the home of Mr. Johnson and finally learns Lady Susans true character. Lady Susan ends up marrying Sir James herself, and allows Frederica to reside with Charles and Catherine at Churchill, where Reginald De Courcy "could be talked, flattered, and finessed into an affection for her."

La señora Bennet ha criado a sus cinco hijas con el único deseo de encontrar marido. La llegada al vecindario, junto con algunas amistades, del rico y soltero Charles Bingley despierta el interés de las hermanas Bennet y de las familias vecinas, que veran una excelente oportunidad para cumplir su proposito. Elizabeth, una de las hijas de los Bennet, empezara una singular relacion con Darcy, uno de los amigos de Bingley, que desencadenara esta historia de orgullo y prejuicios a traves de los que muy trabajosamente se ira abriendo paso el amor.Orgullo y prejuicio narra las aventuras y desventuras amorosas de las hermanas Bennet, centrandose en el personaje de Elizabeth,por medio de las que la autora nos presenta con comicidad la sociedad de su tiempo y con la figura de la protagonista coloca a la mujer en un lugar mas prominente que el que le correspondia en su epoca. Se trata ademas, de un vivido retrato y una incisiva critica social de la Inglaterra victoriana, con su tajante diferencia entre clases sociales, la exagerada supremacia masculina, la falta de independencia de la mujer, la brutal presion del matrimonio y las dificultades economicas y sociales a las que tiene que hacer frente el amor entre dos jovenes.

"Lady Susan" is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871.