Jane Austen

La señora Bennet ha criado a sus cinco hijas con el único deseo de encontrar marido. La llegada al vecindario, junto con algunas amistades, del rico y soltero Charles Bingley despierta el interés de las hermanas Bennet y de las familias vecinas, que verán una excelente oportunidad para cumplir su propósito. Elizabeth, una de las hijas de los Bennet, empezará una singular relación con Darcy, uno de los amigos de Bingley, que desencadenará esta...

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...

Jane Austen's‚ Love and Friendship, is an epistolary story, written in 1790 when she was fourteen, and dedicated to her cousin Eliza de Feuillide. Featuring improbable coincidences and turns of fate, in form, the story satirizes conventional romance novels of the time, and shows the early development of wit and observation that would make Austen one of the most famous of all British writers. Even the subtitle, "Deceived in Friendship and Betrayed...

The New York Times best seller is now a major motion picture starring Lily James and Sam Riley, with Matt Smith, Charles Dance, and Lena Headey. 
 
This edition features sixteen pages of color stills from the film, a reading group discussion guide, and other bonus materials.
 
Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and...

Elegant, sophisticated, and full of humor and romance, the novels of Jane Austen have been favorites of readers around the world for more than two centuries. Although set at the turn of the nineteenth century, in the England that she herself knew, Austen's characters espouse values and sentiments that still speak to modern sensibilities. No author has captured so vividly the affairs of hearts in conflict with class and social convention. This volume...

Lady Susan is a short, epistolary novel by Jane Austen. Lady Susan Vernon is a selfish, attractive, and unscrupulous woman, who tries to trap the best possible husband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. As a widow, she seeks a match for herself, as well as husband-hunting for her daughter. Lady Susan is not only beautiful but intelligent and witty; she's highly attractive to men and her suitors are always significantly younger. Inspired...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Jane Austen is remembered for her six masterpieces of the Regency era: from the heroines of Elizabeth Bennett and Emma Woodhouse, to the villains of Mrs. Norris and John Willoughby. But these characters were not born overnight. They sprung from Austen’s experiences as a young girl, and many early iterations can be found in the earliest of her writing: her...

Esta versión del audiolibro Sentido y sensibilidad es la más barata que también tiene audio de calidad superior. Nosotros editamos el audio para su placer. Usamos procesos de la computadora y trabajo manual para crear una experiencia buena de volumen y calidad sin ruidos malos. ¡Es nuestro distinto placer presentarle nuestra versión de Sentido y sensibilidad por Jane Austen, narrado por Vanesa Amezquita!

Plongez-vous dans l'élégance raffinée de l'Angleterre géorgienne avec "Persuasion", l'un des chefs-d'œuvre intemporels de Jane Austen. Au cœur de cette romance subtile se trouve Anne Elliot, une femme de caractère et de sensibilité, dont le destin prend une tournure inattendue lorsqu'elle est confrontée à une ancienne flamme, le charismatique Capitaine Wentworth. Entre les salons élégants de Bath et les somptueuses demeures de la campagne...

A thematically organized wit-and-wisdom-style packaging of quotes and excerpts from the works of Jane Austen. Jane Austen is one of the most eminently quotable authors in all of English letters and her books abound with delightful observations that are memorable for their sparkling wit and humor. This compilation collects several hundred quotes and extracts from Jane Austen's works, organized thematically and illustrated with spot art. Examples include:...