Love and Freindship

Collecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon is edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in Penguin Classics.<BR><BR>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 contrast, The Watsons is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Written in the last months of Austen's life, the uncompleted novel Sanditon, set in a newly established seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators, and shows an author contemplating a the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution with a mixture of scepticism and amusement.<BR><BR>Margaret Drabble's introduction examines these three works in the context of Jane Austen's major novels and her life, and discusses the social background of her fiction. This edition features a new chronology.<BR><BR>Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. Austen began writing at a young age, embarking on what is possibly her best-known work, Pride and Prejudice, at the age of 22. She was also the author of Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.<BR><BR>If you enjoyed Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon, you may like Charlotte Brontë's Tales of Angria, also available in Penguin Classics.<BR><BR>'In [Sanditon] she exploits her greatest gifts, her management of dialogue and her skill with monologue. The book feels open and modern ... as vigorous and inventive as her earlier work'<BR>Carol Shields

Jane Austen x Puffin in Bloom with a gorgeous illustrated cover by Anna Bond, the artist behind the renowned lifestyle brand Rifle Paper Co.<BR><BR>Beautiful, clever, rich—and single—Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protégée, Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen’s most flawless work.

Mister Bingley ist ja ein netter neuer Nachbar. Aber warum bringt er immer seinen komischen Freund mit, diesen Mr. Darcy? Er ist reich, hat aber keine Lust zu tanzen. Elizabeth kann ihn nicht leiden, und heiraten wird sie ihn bestimmt nicht. - Das klingt nicht nach einer romantischen Liebesgeschichte. Aber abwarten, manche Menschen haben auch falschen Stolz und dumme Vorurteile. Und am Ende zählt, was das Herz einem sagt. Eine illustrierte Bearbeitung von Jane Austens romantischem Klassiker - in leicht lesbarer Form für alle Leser*innen von 7 bis 99 Jahren.- Austen ab 7- Der weltberühmte Klassiker kindgerecht erzählt und charmant illustriert zum Super-Preis!- Wir erzählen Klassiker neu als Quick Read in einfacher Sprache für Kinder und Einsteiger*innen- 16. Dezember 2025: 250. Geburtstag von Jane Austen, der 'Godmother of Romance'Ausstattung: SW-Illustrationen

'Beautifully designed... Perfect collectable gift for Austen fans and design devotees' So Darling<BR><BR> Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success are thwart with disappointment but together they attempt to find a way to happiness.<BR><BR> WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY FRANCESCA SEGAL<BR><BR> VINTAGE CLASSICS AUSTEN SERIES - all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed and introduced by our finest contemporary writers.

Im England des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts steht die junge und schöne Elizabeth Bennet vor einer großen Lebensentscheidung: der Wahl eines geeigneten Heiratskandidaten. Ihr allzu stolzes Wesen jedoch vernebelt ihr ein ums andere Mal den Blick, bis sie nach vielen Verwicklungen schließlich doch die Liebe ihres Lebens findet. Jane Austens berühmtester Roman 'Stolz und Vorurteil', der 1813 erschien, krönt die erste Schaffensphase der englischen Autorin und sicherte ihr einen Platz in den Annalen der Weltliteratur. Diese Ausgabe präsentiert ihn im Original und in einer vollständig überarbeiteten Übersetzung.

Jane Austen, Unabridged takes readers on a journey through the prolific author's life with private letters, unpublished works and facts no one knew about a woman who revolutionized the romance genre. Jane Austen is arguably one of the best English novelists of our time, known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism, humor, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike. This memoir of the late English novelists life includes never before seen teenage writings, letters to family members, a lost love and even three of her unpublished works such as Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sandition.

'Und wenn ich nicht wenigstens eine von Ihnen gut verheiratet habe, bevor ich Sie wieder abreisen lasse, soll es meine Schuld nicht sein.'Zwei grundverschiedene Schwestern, die rationale Elinor und die impulsive Marianne bereiten Mutter Dashwood erhebliche Sorgen. Nach dem Tod des Vaters sind sie alles andere als eine gute Partie, aber unverhofft mangelt es weder an Bewerbern noch an überraschenden Turbulenzen.- Die Klassiker von Jane Austen jetzt als bezaubernde Geschenkbücher