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Klasyczna książka Jane Austen w adaptacji dla dzieci. Laura wiodła bajkowe życie, dopóki do drzwi jej domu nie zapukał obcy człowiek. Wtedy rozpoczęła się przygoda i zaczęły kłopoty. W dramatycznych listach Laura opowiada historię bezdusznych ojców i uciekających dzieci, dawno niewidzianych dziadków i kuzynów-złodziei. Oto historia niespodziewanych omdleń, wielkiej przyjaźni i nieszczęśliwej miłości.

Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. This early complete work, which the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the title character. 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.

Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, in 1803. However, it was not published until after her death in 1817, along with another novel of hers, Persuasion. Northanger Abbey is a satire of Gothic novels, which were quite popular at the time, in 1798-99.This coming-of-age story revolves around Catherine Morland, a young and naïve "heroine", who entertains the reader on her journey to a better understanding of the world and those around her.

Familiarize-se com os escritores ingleses mais importantes através das suas próprias palavras, graças a uma selecção de citações essenciais e de exercícios das principais obras de William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, e Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Este audiolivro irá ajudá-lo a descobrir e compreender o seu pensamento através de uma selecção cuidadosa das citações representativas das suas obras, de modo a apresentar-lhe as suas ideias através das suas próprias palavras e de uma forma muito eficiente.

Jane Austen é uma das autoras britânicas mais lidas. O seu realismo e ironia mordaz fazem dela uma leitura muito viva, e a qualidade das suas parcelas valeram-lhe um lugar de destaque no coração dos estudiosos. As suas maiores histórias desencadearam uma onda de adaptações nas últimas décadas, devido à sua modernidade tocante e ao realismo das suas reflexões sobre a atitude das mulheres em relação ao casamento e à posição social.  

Mądra i pewna siebie Emma jest przekonana, że umie znaleźć idealnego męża dla swojej nowej przyjaciółki Harriet. Popełnia jednak jeden błąd za drugim i wreszcie zdaje sobie sprawę, że być może wcale nie zna ludzi tak dobrze, jak jej się wydawało. W rzeczywistości być może nie rozumie nawet własnych uczuć – zwłaszcza wobec pewnego dżentelmena.

Jane Austen's first novel - published posthumously in 1818 - tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature. The satirical novel pokes fun at the gothic novel while earnestly emphasizing caution to the female sex.

Lady Susan is at Churchill, the home of her brother-in-law and his wife and family. Her reputation as a coquette has not been aided by her flirtation with Reginald de Courcy. Lady Susan attempts to further her plans to induce Frederica into marrying Sir James Martin, a nobleman, but Frederica's obvious distaste of the match is a cause for further disruption.

Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Its manuscript was first written between 1796 and 1797, and was initially called First Impressions, but was never published under that title. Following revisions it was published on 28 January 1813 by the same Mr. Egerton of the Military Library, Whitehall, who had brought out Sense and Sensibility. Like both its predecessor and ...

When Mr. Henry Dashwood dies, his house, Norland Park, must pass directly to his grandson, the son of John Dashwood, the child of the elder Dashwood's first wife. His second wife, Mrs. Dashwood, and their daughters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, inherit only a small income, but John makes a promise to his father that he will take care of his half-sisters.

This Jane Austen classic is an amusing story of love and life, laughter and destiny. The story centres around Mr. Bennett, a henpecked English gentleman who lives in Herfortshire with his wife and five daughters. All the daughters, while having very distinct manners and natures to one other, are happily living with their parents in the town house. The issue, however, is that if Mr. Bennett dies then a distant cousin stands to inherit the house. For the sake of security and prosperity of the family, a plan to marry away the daughters into rich families therefore comes into fruition.

Pride and Prejudice, the story of Mrs. Bennet's attempts to marry off her five daughters, is one of the best-loved and most enduring classics in English literature.

Considerato un romanzo "atipico" nella produzione letteraria di Jane Austen (Inghilterra, 1775/1817), "Persuasione" è il romanzo della maturità di Jane, dove i toni spumeggianti ed ironici che la caratterizzano lasciano il posto ad una narrazione dai toni più malinconici e introspettivi. Unica concessione all'ironia austeniana, il personaggio del padre della protagonista, un baronetto sciocco e vanesio il cui unico scopo nella vita è quello di apparire sempre giovane e bello.

Queste raccolta completa di lettere scritte dalla Austen, (159), sono indirizzate quasi sempre alla sorella Cassandra, nei brevi periodi in cui non vivevano insieme. Molte sono state in gran parte distrutte da quest'ultima dopo la morte di Jane; pertanto dobbiamo prendere le lettere per quello che sono, senza aspettarci di trovarvi espressioni di soggetti privati come sentimenti, religione, politica. Ma queste istantanee di vita quotidiana, una dopo l'altra, hanno il potere di introdurci un po' alla volta nel suo mondo privato.

In Mansfield Park wächst die aus schwierigen Verhältnissen stammende Fanny Price bei ihrer wohlhabenden Tante und deren vier Kindern auf. Dort wird sie mehr geduldet als geliebt. Nur ihr Cousin Edward begegnet ihr mit Zuneigung. Doch das beschauliche Landleben gerät aus den Fugen, als die Londoner Bonvivants Mary und Henry Crawford auftauchen und mit ihren Kabalen und durchtriebenen Verführungskünsten alles auf den Kopf stellen.

Bli bekant med de viktigaste engelska författarna genom sina egna ord, tack vare ett urval av viktiga citat och utdrag från de viktigaste verk av William Shakespeare, Jane Austen och Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Denna ljudbok hjälper dig att upptäcka och förstå deras tänkande genom ett noggrant urval av representativa citat från deras verk, så att du presenterar deras idéer genom sina egna ord och på ett mycket effektivt sätt.

Få empowerment, visdom och klarhet genom dessa 300 citat av inspirerande kvinnor: Anne Frank, Jane Austen och Mother Teresa. De är olika, störande, upplysta och kraftfulla feministiska figurer: Anne Frank, ett judiskt offer för Förintelsen, skrev en av de mest uppriktiga och välskrivna skildringarna av en ung kvinnas intima tankar under den nazistiska ockupationen av Nederländerna.

Jane Austen är en av de mest lästa brittiska författare. Dess realism och bitande ironi göra för en mycket livlig läsning, och kvaliteten på sina tomter har tjänat henne en hög ranking plats i hjärtat hos de lärda. Hennes största berättelser lyste en våg av förändringar under de senaste decennierna på grund av sin känsla av modernitet och realism i sina reflektioner om kvinnors ställning på äktenskap och social status.

Jane Austen is een van de meest gelezen Britse auteurs. Haar realisme en bijtende ironie maken voor een zeer levendige lezen, en de kwaliteit van haar plots heb haar verdiende een hoge ranking plaats in de harten van de geleerden. Haar grootste verhalen schitterde een golf van aanpassingen in de laatste decennia, vanwege hun aanraken moderniteit en het realisme van hun beschouwingen over de houding van de vrouw over het huwelijk en sociale status.

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.