La Nouvelle Emma n'est point, a proprement parler, un roman; c'est un tableau des m urs du temps. Les Francais qui ont fait quelque sejour en Angleterre, y reconnaitront les coutumes, les habitudes et les manieres des petites villes, ou de ce qu'on appelait jadis chez nous la province. Ceux au contraire qui ne sont jamais sortis de chez eux, apprendront, sans se deplacer, a connaitre nos voisins. On previent ici le Lecteur qu'il ne trouvera dans cet ouvrage aucune aventure merveilleuse, point de chateaux enchantes, point de geans pourfendus: tout est naturel. Apres avoir lu Emma, on croirait...

C'est une verite presqu'incontestable qu'un jeune homme possesseur d'une grande fortune, doit avoir besoin d'une epouse. Bien que les sentimens et les gouts d'un tel homme ne soient pas connus; aussitot qu'il vient se fixer dans une province, les familles du voisinage le regardent comme un bien qui doit dans peu appartenir a l'une ou l'autre de leurs filles. Mon cher M. Bennet, avez-vous appris que le chateau de Netherfield est enfin loue? M. Bennet repondit que non. Je puis vous assurer qu'on l'a loue, reprit sa femme, car Mme. Long sort d'ici, et m'a dit tout ce qu'il en etait. M. Bennet ne...

Mr. Darcy had lived his life free of the vices that often ruled the hearts and minds of his contemporaries, enjoying the benefits of pride in the strength of his own virtue. He knew that if anyone had reason for confidence, he had more: his lineage was impeccable, a Cambridge graduate, a gentleman; as to integrity, blameless. Under his rule, his country estate had prospered beyond any point in its long history; every decision he made had affected hundreds of livelihoods for the good. He was a most conscientious brother, sacrificing so much for his sister's benefit. And then he took the most...

Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, Mr Bennet, living in Longbourn. Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after two gentlemen have moved into their neighbourhood: the rich and eligible Mr Bingley, and his...

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; By A Lady appears on the cover page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, both of age to marry. The novel follows the young women to their new home with their widowed mother, a meagre cottage on the property of a distant relative, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. The novel is set in southwest England, London and Sussex between 1792 and 1797. The novel sold out its first print run of 750 copies in the middle of...