Jane Austen gelang mit ihrem ersten gro?en Roman »Gefuhl und Vernunft« ein Geniestreich – eine Geschichte, die die Leser bis heute nicht zur Ruhe kommen lasst. Die Anziehungskraft ihrer Charaktere ist ungebrochen. Elinor und Marianne sind so gegensatzlich wie Schwestern es nur sein konnen: Wahrend Marianne ihr Herz auf der Zunge tragt, macht die vernunftige Elinor innere Konflikte mit sich alleine aus und scheint kuhl, wenngleich es in ihr brodelt. Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters mittellos geworden, mussen sich die beiden ihren Weg durch eine Gesellschaft bahnen, in der vor lauter Pflichten kaum Platz fur wahre Sehnsuchte bleibt. Der Wunsch nach einer ehrlichen Liebe treibt sie dabei immer wieder auf Irrpfade…

Jane Austen (1775–1817) hat in ihrem kurzen Leben sechs Romane veroffentlicht, die zu den unverganglichen Werken der Weltliteratur gehoren. Valerie Grosvenor Myer geht in ihrer Biographie u. a. den Fragen nach, woher Jane Austen in ihrem engen, au?erlich ereignislosen Dasein als unverheiratete Pfarrerstochter ihre Stoffe genommen hat und wie sie sich als Schriftstellerin in der damaligen Zeit hat durchsetzen konnen. Eine anschauliche Beschreibung des Lebens und der gesellschaftlichen Konventionen in England im spaten 18. und fruhen 19. Jahrhundert.

Der beliebteste Roman von Jane Austen – keiner wurde ofter verfilmt. Seit vor 200 Jahren ›Stolz und Vorurteil‹ anonym erschien, wurde es gelesen und geliebt. Tausende Nachte vergingen uber dieser Liebesgeschichte wie im Flug. Sie wurde verfilmt, zum Musical gemacht, und doch ist sie immer wieder neu: die Geschichte der stolzen Elizabeth und des Snobs Darcy, die schlie?lich ihren Standesdunkel uberwinden. Famos gelingt es den beiden gefeierten Ubersetzern Manfred Allie und Gabriele Kempf-Allie, den lebendigen und heiteren Ton und die geschliffenen Dialoge Austens wiederzugeben. Entstaubt ist ein Meisterwerk zu entdecken – und man versteht, warum Darcy in ›Schokolade zum Fruhstuck‹ wiederkehrt: Er ist einfach zu kostlich! Mit einem Nachwort von Felicitas von Lovenberg

»Die vollkommenste Kunstlerin unter (uns) Frauen, eine Autorin, deren Bucher unsterblich sind…« Virginia Woolf Emma Woodhouse ist schlau, reich und schon – und benotigt fur ihr Gluck keinen Mann. Obwohl sie selbst niemals heiraten will, hat sie die fatale Idee, eine besonders gute Ehestifterin zu sein. Doch alle ihre Bemuhungen fuhren nur zu Verwicklungen und fehlgeleiteten Flirts. Am Ende aber kommt alles anders, als Emma denkt... Wie »Stolz und Vorurteil« ist »Emma« langst Kullt – ein Klassiker des Gefuhls und des Humors. In der gefeierten Neuubersetzung von Manfred Allie und Gabriele Kempf-Allie findet »Emma« endlich den Resonanzraum, der Jane Austen mit der Gegenwart verbindet.

This gorgeous collection of six hardback clothbound books features Jane Austen's most famous and beloved titles: Emma Persuasion Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park Witty, vivid and eloquent, Jane Austen s delightful romance novels will paint a colourful portrait of the last chapter of the eighteenth century inside the reader s mind. With feisty, inspiring heroines and charming male characters, these love stories are far from being merely about love: they are ironic, often frustrating studies of the society the author was part of; they are lessons on women s rights and the importance of friendship and a loving marriage. Most of all, these love stories address issues of gender politics and class ranking that were rarely expressed in Jane Austen s time and were the beginning of a mindset revolution in her day. Each of these novels will dazzle readers in a different way and will prove how no one can write about love or relationships as Jane Austen did. It is a brilliant gift for Austen fans and lovers of classic English literature.

Un volume qui reunit deux chefs-d’?uvre de Jane Austen, par ordre chronologique de publication : Raison et Sentiments, Orgueil et Prejuges dans une magnifique edition illustree Deux chefs-d’?uvre de Jane Austen en un volume Raison et Sentiments : L’education sentimentale des s?urs Dashwood promet d’etre rude dans le petit monde etrique de la bourgeoisie du Devonshire. Publie en 1811, le premier grand roman anglais du XIXe siecle. Orgueil et Prejuges : Mr et Mrs Bennett ont cinq filles a marier. Quand un riche voisin arrive, ils esperent que l’une d’entre elles le seduira… Le chef-d’?uvre de Jane Austen n’a jamais cesse d’etre lu depuis 1813.

Jane Austen is one of the most enduring and skilled English novelists. Early Works remained unpublished during her lifetime even though the last one was completed before she was 17. With her wit, social perception and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and believable heroines, Jane Austen mesmerizes her readers as much today as she did when her famous novels were first published.

Jane Austen is one of the most enduring and skilled English novelists. Early Works remained unpublished during her lifetime even though the last one was completed before she was 17. With her wit, social perception and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and believable heroines, Jane Austen mesmerizes her readers as much today as she did when her famous novels were first published.

Jane Austen is one of the most enduring and skilled English novelists. Early Works remained unpublished during her lifetime even though the last one was completed before she was 17. With her wit, social perception and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and believable heroines, Jane Austen mesmerizes her readers as much today as she did when her famous novels were first published.

Jane Austen is one of the most enduring and skilled English novelists. Early Works remained unpublished during her lifetime even though the last one was completed before she was 17. With her wit, social perception and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and believable heroines, Jane Austen mesmerizes her readers as much today as she did when her famous novels were first published.

Jane is a young New York woman who can never seem to find the right man-perhaps because of her secret obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. When a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-obsessed women, however, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined. Is this total immersion in a fake Austenland enough to make Jane kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own? In this addictive, charming and compassionate story, Shannon Hale brings out the Jane Austen obsessive in all of us.

Jane Austen takes a satirical swipe at the gothic novel in this classic book bursting with sly subversive wit. 'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin Amis Catherine Morland is a young girl with a very active imagination. Her naivety and love of sensational novels lead her to approach the fashionable social scene in Bath and her stay at nearby Northanger Abbey with preconceptions that have embarrassing and entertaining consequences.

Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation, or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity? Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.

Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation, or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity? Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.

Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen returns to the village of Kintbury, and the home of her family's friends, the Fowles. She knows that, in some dusty corner of the sprawling vicarage, there is a cache of family letters which hold secrets she can never allow to be revealed. As Cassandra recalls her youth and her relationship with her brilliant yet complex sister, she pieces together buried truths about Jane's history, and her own. And she faces a stark choice: should she act to protect Jane's reputation, or leave the contents of the letters to go unguarded into posterity? Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.

The perfect gift for any Jane Austen lover. Box set contains six books, together creating a comprehensive collection of Austen’s best and much-loved works. Beautifully packaged in a ridged, matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing, complete with strikingly attractive, bespoke artwork.