Jane Austen
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Pride and Prejudice is a story set in the English countryside outside of London during the early 19th century which centers on the life of Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five sisters who are all unmarried. When a wealthy and sociable young gentleman, Charles Bingley, rents the nearby manor of Netherfield Park the opportunity to find husbands presents itself. While attending a ball the Bennets meet Charles Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy...
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"Es una verdad mundialmente reconocida que un hombre soltero dueño de una gran fortuna siente un día u otro la necesidad de encontrar esposa.O así lo cree Mrs. Bennet, la madre de cinco hijas solteras a las que está decidida a desposar con un caballero acaudalado cueste lo que cueste. Pero no todas ellas están por la labor, especialmente, la joven Lizzy, que preferiría casarse por amor y no por conveniencia. Ni siquiera si su pretendiente es...
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250 Years of Jane Austen (SCPL)
Eisenhower Public Library Staff Picks: Fiction
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
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Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Morland, a naive young woman whose perceptions of the world around her are greatly influenced by the romantic gothic novels to which she is addicted. When she moves to Bath she sees mystery and intrigue all around her. This is one of Austen's early works, a broad comedy about learning to distinguish between fiction and reality
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2026 Book-to-Screen Adaptations
250 Years of Jane Austen (SCPL)
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'Miss Dashwood had a delicate complexion, regular features, and a remarkably pretty figure. Marianne was still handsomer. Her form, though not so correct as her sister's ... was more striking' As the title of Jane Austen's first published novel suggests, the difference between two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, lies not only in their appearance but also in their temperament. Yet Sense and Sensibility not only contrasts Elinor's good sense,...
5) Persuasion
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"Published posthumously in 1818, this was Jane Austen’s last completed novel. Anne Elliot, an intelligent and pretty young woman, was persuaded by a trusted friend to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth years earlier because of his lack of fortune. Anne always regretted that decision and now, years later, at age 27, Wentworth comes back into her life a prosperous man. Wentworth becomes involved with another and Anne herself has a suitor,...
6) Emma
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"The culmination of Jane Austen's genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage--now in a stunning 200th-anniversary Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. 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...
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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
HPL Celebrating 250 Years of Jane Austen
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At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and sophisticated Crawfords arrive, and amateur theatricals unleash rivalry and sexual jealousy, Fanny has to fight to retain her independence. This new edition places Mansfield Park in...
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Jane Austen's first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with her unique wit Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from...
9) Sanditon
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Following a chance meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Parker, Charlotte Heywood accompanies them to their home in Sanditon, a very new and all but deserted town, which nevertheless, and with no small effort from her hosts, begins to fill with holidaymakers and characters of varying degrees of absurdity and sense.
10) Emma
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"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 descubrirá sola, frente al vacío de su vida y con la penosa tarea de intentar que los demás lleven una vida tan perfecta como la suya. Pero todos sus esfuerzos de manipulación sentimental tan solo consiguen crear a su alrededor una telaraña...
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Penguin Clásicos
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[2022]
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Publicada en 1818, La abadía de Northanger narra la historia de Catherine Morland, una joven aficionada a la lectura de novelas góticas. Invitada por los Tilney a su casa de campo, se dedicará a investigar tortuosos e imaginarios secretos de familia. Pero cuando comprenda que la vida no es una novela, Catherine pondrá los pies en la tierra y encauzará su futuro según dictan las normas morales y sociales de la época.
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Hesperus
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2003.
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A witty epistolary tale from the beloved author of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Written in the late 1700s to entertain her family and published posthumously as part of her Juvenilia, Jane Austen's Love and Friendship is presented in the form of letters exchanged between the heroine, Laura, and the daughter of her friend Isabel, Marianne. In an effort to guide Marianne through the pitfalls of life, Laura relates her own hilarious...
13) Persuasión
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Persuasión narra la historia de una mujer madura, sensible y menospreciada que, años después de haber rechazado al hombre que amaba, persuadida por un mal consejo, ve cómo éste reaparece en su vida, rico y honorable pero aún despechado. En consecuencia, la protagonista debera luchar para que el amor le conceda una segunda oportunidad. Publicada póstumamente, en 1818, esta obra es una de las novelas más melancólicas de Jane Austen, aunque...
14) The Watsons
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Hesperus
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2007.
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Jane Austen's unfinished novel‚ The Watsons tells the story of a widowed clergyman and his two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, returns home after being raised by a wealthy aunt. Better-educated and more genteel than her other sisters, she looks on disapprovingly at the husband-hunting of two of her sisters, and relates better to her more responsible oldest sister, Elizabeth. Various would-be suitors appear, including the boorish...
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Anchor Books
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This first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels in the world is a sheer delight for Jane Austen fans. Here is the complete text of Pride and Prejudice with more than 2,300 annotations on facing pages, including:
Rules of etiquette, class differences, the position of women, legal and economic realities, leisure activities, and more.
16) Emma
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"Błyskotliwa komedia omyłek, której przedmiotem jest gra pozorów i iluzje, jakich dostarcza nam w nadmiarze nasz egoizm i zadufanie. W samym zaś środku intrygi stoi niezwykła bohaterka, pełna życia i wigoru, urocza, nieznośna i apodyktyczna Emma. Emma Woodhouse mieszka z ojcem na angielskiej prowincji. Chociaż sama nie zamierza wyjść za mąż, próbuje swoich sił jako swatka. W sprawach serca jednak nie wszystko da się przewidzieć....
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Knopf
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[1996]
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In a new audio adaptation of some of Austen's lesser known works, Avita Jay brings to life the wit and satire of one of England's greatest authors.
In Austen's final and unfinished novel, Charlotte Heywood finds herself caught up in the comings and goings of the lively seaside resort "Sanditon". It is a story filled with a cast of colourful characters, from the widowed Lady Denham to wealthy Caribbean heiress, Georgiana Lambe, and the dashing, Sidney...
18) Mansfield Park
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La joven tímida Fanny Price es enviada a vivir con parientes adinerados en Mansfield Park, donde de sus cuatro primos solo Edmund le muestra algo de amabilidad. Cuando el rico y coqueto Henry Crawford y su vivaz hermana Mary llegan al vecindario, el mundo de Fanny se desmorona. Edmund cae bajo el hechizo de Mary mientras Henry declara su amor por Fanny, pero el camino hacia la felicidad no transcurre sin problemas.
Shy young Fanny Price is sent...
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Now in Penguin Classics Deluxe: a treasure trove of Jane Austen's novels
Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of Jane Austen. Here in one volume are her seven great novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan. Through her vivacious
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Jane Austen murder mystery volume 1
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[2020]
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English
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Bloomingdale Library Teen Audiobooks
GPLD Best Mystery/Thriller/Horror for Teens
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
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GPLD Best Mystery/Thriller/Horror for Teens
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen!
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Seventeen-year-old aspiring lawyer Lizzie Bennet seeks to solve a murder before her rival Mr. Darcy beats her to it.