Jane Austen: 821 books

Orgueil et préjugés est le plus connu des six romans achevés de Jane Austen. Son histoire, sa question, est en apparence celle d'un mariage : l'héroïne, la vive et ironique Elizabeth Bennett qui n'est pas riche, aimera-t-elle le héros, le riche et orgueilleux Darcy ? Si oui, en sera-t-elle aimée...

Orgueil et Préjugés (Pride and Prejudice) est un roman de la femme de lettres anglaise Jane Austen paru en 1813. Il est considéré comme l'une de ses œuvres les plus significatives et c'est aussi la plus connue du public. Dans son essai de 1954, Ten Novels and Their Authors, Somerset Maugham le...

Pubblicato nel 1814, ebbe talmente successo da essere tradotto in lingua francese già nel 1816. Di grande impatto e influenza nella storia della cultura e della letteratura britannica, nel 2000 venne girata una trasposizione cinematografica e nel 2007 fu prodotto un film per la televisione inglese...

De belangstelling voor het werk van Jane Austen (1775-1817) is de laatste jaren sterk toegenomen. De oude kritiek op haar centrale thema: hoe een jonge vrouw aan de juiste (welgestelde) man komt om voor het vreselijke lot van de verzurende oude vrijster te worden gespaard is verstomd. Met is gaan...

En Persuasión las peripecias son mínimas y los grandes acontecimientosestán casi ausentes. Apenas hay sucesos externos, y buena parte delrelato está al servicio de dar cuenta de los pensamientos, esperanzas,zozobras, dudas, inseguridades y recuerdos de la contenida AnneElliot, cercana en su modo...

Emma by Jane Austen is a delightful satire of romance and manners amongst genteel women in Georgian-Regency England. The book, which was first published in December 1815, deals with the themes of youthful pride and the dangers that can ensue when romantic intentions are misunderstood. Emma Woodhouse...

♦ Cet ebook bénéficie d’une mise en page esthétique optimisée pour la lecture numérique. ♦ Le Parc de Mansfield, ce roman à succès de Jane Austen, nous plonge au coeur de l’histoire de trois soeurs aux destinées bien différentes : Lady Bertram (épouse d’un Lord), Mrs Norris...

Écrit en 1803, Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey) est le premier roman de Jane Austen, même s'il n'a été publié qu'en 1818, un an après sa mort. La jeune et naïve Catherine Morland est invitée par des voisins de ses parents à passer quelques semaines à Bath. Là, elle se lie d'amitié...

Jane Austen's classic love story is presented here in eBook format. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, moral rightness, education and marriage in her aristocratic society of early 19th century England. Elizabeth is the second eldest...

These heart-soaring tales of romance and tragedy are widely considered four of the finest novels in English literature.   Wuthering Heights is an immortal story of love and obsession on the stormy Yorkshire moors. The fate of the Earnshaw family is forever changed when they adopt a dark-skinned orphan...

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’ Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage and society in class-conscious Georgian England still...

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...

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Northanger Abbey! These were thrilling words, and wound up Catherine's feelings to the highest point of ecstasy.’ Considered the most light-hearted and satirical of Austen’s novels, Northanger Abbey tells the story...

These two short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles and exploring a range of social classes and settings. Written in the last months of Austen’s life, the uncompleted novel Sanditon is set in a newly established seaside resort, with a glorious cast of hypochondriacs...