The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt, at the same time as the wars come to an end, putting sailors on shore. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife's brother, Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne in 1806, and now they meet again, both single and unattached, after no contact in more than seven years. This sets the scene for many humorous encounters as well as a second, well-considered chance at...
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The Jane Austen's last novel.
The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is mov...
Pride and Prejudice is the greatest Victorian love story ever written Come of age once more with Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Austen's fiercely loyal Victorian firebrand as she wrestles with what it means to be an intelligent sophisticated young women in a time when the British Empire ruled the world and men ruled the British Empire. An exposition on the dependence of women in Victorian society, the dangers of unfairly prejudging others and the perseverance of love, Pride and Prejudice is an essential part of any library, personal or public. Written at a time when female novelists were all but...
Pride and Prejudice is the greatest Victorian love story ever written Come of age once more with Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Austen's fiercely loyal Victo...
A delicious satire of the Gothic novels popular at the time of its first writing in 1798-99: the heroine, Catherine, an innocent seventeen-year-old woman from a country parsonage, thinks life is like a Gothic novel, but her real experiences bring her down to earth as an ordinary young woman. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist.
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A delicious satire of the Gothic novels popular at the time of its first writing in 1798-99: the heroine, Catherine, an in...
More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's...
More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from t...
Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth. Though Austen set the story at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers.
Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unm...
