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Emma is the story of the eponymous Miss Woodhouse who, having lost her close companion Anne Taylor to marriage, sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the town of Highbury. Taking as her subject the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith, she manages to cause misunderstandings with every new tactic she employs. Though precious and spoilt, Emma is charming to all around her and so it takes her some time to learn her lesson and profit from spending less time worrying about how other people should live their lives. The handsome volumes in The Collectors Library present great works of world literature in a handy hardback format. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in real cloth, each complete and unabridged volume has a specially commissioned afterword, brief biography of the author and a further-reading list. This easily accessible series offers readers the perfect opportunity to discover, or rediscover, some of the world's most endearing literary works. The volumes in The Collector's Library are sumptuously produced, enduring editions to own, to collect and to treasure.

Part of a series of Jane Austen's works, with introductions by Austen scholars, together with 12 pages of colour introducing the characters, locations and times of Jane Austen.

Jane Austen's beloved novel concerns two sisters, Elinor the practical and Marianne the romantic, who are forced to leave their home with their mother and younger sister and live in reduced circumstances in the West of England. The girls must rely on marrying well if they are to survive in the world, and the way in which this goal is eventually accomplished provides the plot of this delightful novel, the first of Jane Austen's to be published.

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Emma is the story of the eponymous Miss Woodhouse who, having lost her close companion Anne Taylor to marriage, sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the town of Highbury. Taking as her subject the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith, she manages to cause misunderstandings with every new tactic she employs. Though precious and spoilt, Emma is charming to all around her and so it takes her some time to learn her lesson and profit from spending less time worrying about how other people should live their lives. The handsome volumes in The Collectors Library present great works of world literature in a handy hardback format. Printed on high-quality paper and bound in real cloth, each complete and unabridged volume has a specially commissioned afterword, brief biography of the author and a further-reading list. This easily accessible series offers readers the perfect opportunity to discover, or rediscover, some of the world's most endearing literary works. The volumes in The Collector's Library are sumptuously produced, enduring editions to own, to collect and to treasure.

"Anne Elliot, with all her claims of birth, beauty, and mind, to throw herself away at nineteen; involve herself at nineteen in an engagement with a young man, who had nothing but himself to recommend him ..." Seven years after she allowed herself to be persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to forgo the attachment, Anne Elliot encounters Captain Wentworth again. In Bath and its environs, Jane Austen's last completed novel unravels their long estrangement.

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 story of the Bennet family and of Mrs Bennet's efforts to marry off her five daughters.

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 vacio de su vida y a la penosa tarea de intentar que los demas lleven una vida tan perfecta como la suya. Todos sus trabajos de manipulacion sentimental crean a su alrededor una telaraña de enredos, malentendidos y confusiones que ponen a prueba su confianza en si misma. Novela exquisita y esplendido retrato de la Inglaterra de provincias de principios del siglo XIX, Emma es una obra imperecedera y su protagonista ocupa uno de los lugares de honor en la galeria de las heroinas inolvidables de la literatura universal.

Portraying social life in fashionable Bath and centred around Catherine Morland, this novel ridicules the popular tales of romance and terror and contrasts with these the normal realities of life.

La primera novela publicada por Jane Austen, una obra de indiscutible genio. Introducción de Tony Tanner En Sentido y sensibilidad, Jane Austen explora con sutileza e ironía las opciones de la mujer en una sociedad rigida, donde el exito o el fracaso dependen de la eleccion del marido. La historia se centra en dos hermanas, Elinor y Marianne, cuyas personalidades antagonicas ejemplifican dos posibles respuestas femeninas ante la hipocresia dominante: el "sentido comun" y la "sensibilidad". Sin embargo, tanto un camino como el otro entrañan sus peligros. Esta edicion incorpora una cronologia detallada y recupera la introduccion de la edicion original de Penguin Clasicos a cargo de Tony Tanner, uno de los mayores especialistas en la obra de Jane Austen, a cuyo estudio dedico gran parte de su carrera. Fue catedratico de literatura inglesa y norteamericana en la Universidad de Cambridge. "Venga, entre amigos no hay secretos." Sobre la autora y su obra:"La pongo al nivel de Shakespeare, Cervantes y Henry Fielding."Henry James

Une veuve spirituelle et jolie, mais sans un sou, trouve refuge chez son beau-frère, un riche banquier. Est-elle sans scrupules, prête à tout pour faire un beau mariage, ou juste une coquette qui veut s'amuser ? Le jeune Reginald risque de payer cher la réponse à cette question... Grande dame du roman anglais, Jane Austen trace le portrait très spirituel d'une aventurière, dans la lignée des personnages d'Orgueil et préjugé et de Raison et sentiments.

Fall head over heels in love with Jane Austen's most famous romance--a tale of hasty judgments, heartache, scandalous behavior, and, finally, true love. Stylish and teen-friendly, Bloomsbury Classics bring a cool, contemporary appeal to some of the most exciting books ever written. Each title has a foreword by a top children's author that explains Why You Should Read This Book. Plus, a fun newspaper at the back of each book is packed with interesting facts and details--including a brief author biography, details on the fashions and music of the times, and a gossip column about key figures of the day.

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Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Jane and Elizabeth Bennet are the oldest of five sisters in need of husbands, but it isn't easy to find the right man. Are Mr Bingley, Mr Darcy and Mr Wickham all that they seem? Will pride and prejudice ever be defeated in the search for true love?

Classic / British English (Available March 2008) Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Marianne loves excitement and always shows her feelings; Elinor is quiet and has more good sense. They both fall in love and both suffer broken hearts. Will they ever find the right man to love and marry?

Maggie Lane is the author of Jane Austen's World and Jane Austen and Food , and is a former Honorary Secretary of the Jane Austen Society. Her introductions to The Winchester Austen cover aspects of Jane Austen's social and economic world, including religion and food.Dr John Wiltshire is Reader in the School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, La Trobe University in Australia, and is one of the world's leading Austen scholars. He has published three books on Austen, including Recreating Jane Austen , and is presently working on Austen and England: Critical Politics . His introductions to The Winchester Austen look at modern ways of understanding and interpreting the novels.Josephine Ross is the author of The Men Who Would be King , and has written television drama scripts and a number of histories and biographies, including The Winter Queen and The Tudors . Her most recent publication is Jane Austen: A Companion . Her introductions to The Winchester Austen cover the historical and social context, including the role of women and women and fashion.Caroline Sanderson is a devotee of Jane Austen and has made many trips visiting the locations of various periods in Austen's life and the possible basis of the places in her novels. Caroline's journey in search of Jane Austen is recounted in her latest book A Rambling Fancy . She is also a writer and reviewer for Bookseller magazine, and has written a travel book for children called Pick Your Brains About Greece . Her introductions to The Winchester Austen explore the geographical settings of the novels.

Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, clever and rich. She lives alone with her father, and spends a lot of her time thinking about future husbands - for her friends. When she meets Harriet Smith, a poor girl with no family, Emma decides that she must find a husband for her. Harriet is pleased to be Emma's friend - but will Emma's matchmaking make Harriet happy?

Part of a series of Jane Austen's works, with introductions by Austen scholars, together with 12 pages of colour introducing the characters, locations and times of Jane Austen.