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1) Emma

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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Penguin classics
Barnes and Noble classics
Modern Library giants
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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...

2) [Mansfield Park]

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Novels of Jane Austen volume 3
Penguin classics
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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...

3) Northanger Abbey

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Penguin classics
Vintage classics
Arcturus classics
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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

4) Pride and prejudice

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Penguin classics
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Tantor unabridged classics
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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...

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Barnes and Noble classics
Collins classics
Dover thrift editions
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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) Love and friendship

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Series

100 pages

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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...

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Lady Susan es una novela de intrigas y enredos donde la trama se va develando a raíz del intercambio de cartas entre los diferentes personajes. La historia gira en torno a lady Susan Vernon, una hermosa e inteligente mujer, pero también manipuladora y egoísta. Sus planes no sólo incluyen un nuevo casamiento ventajoso para ella misma; sino que también pretende casar a su hija de dieciséis años con el adinerado Sir James, hombre al que la joven...

8) Sense and Sensibility

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Penguin classics
Oxford world's classics
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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,...

9) The Letters of Jane Austen

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First published in 1932, this fantastic volume contains a large collection of letters written by famous English author Jane Austen. Although on the surface a series of discussions about silk stockings, dinner menus and attending dances, and other trivial matters, these letters offer the reader unique insights in the life and mind of this great author. "The Letters of Jane Austen" is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed her works and...

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Works
Classic literature with classical music

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Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and charming recent widow, visits her brother and sister-in-law, Charles and Catherine, with little advance notice at Churchill, their country residence. Catherine is far from pleased, as Lady Susan had tried to prevent her marriage to Charles and her unwanted guest has been described to her as "the most accomplished coquette in England". Among Lady Susan's conquests in London is the married Mr. Manwaring. Catherine's...

11) Sentido y sensibilidad

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Series

Alma clásicos ilustrados
Jet de Plaza and Janés volume 292
Austral Singular

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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...

12) Love and Friendship, and Other Early Works

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Tucked away in a museum, lies the original notebooks of a teenage Jane Austen. Within the pages can be found the early writings of a girl who would go on to shape the literary landscape for years to come. From movies such as "Clueless" to "Emma", Jane Austen has been inspiring storytellers for over 200 years. 'Love and Friendship' is a collection of short stories from her journals that show the beginnings of some of her best-known stories. Her bold...

13) Emma

Author

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Series

Alma clásicos ilustrados

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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...

14) Jane Austen Collection: Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Persuasion; and More

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The ultimate bundle for Jane Austen Fans
This collection contains 10 of Jane Austen's works ranging from her most famous to her early letters and unfinished novels.
Included in this bundle:

Emma

Pride and Prejudice

Sense and Sensibility

Mansfield Park

Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

Sanditon

The Watsons

Lady Susan

Love and Friendship

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15) Sense and sensibility

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Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.

16) Sense and sensibility

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Hallmark Entertainment series

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A period adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. After a change in circumstances, Marianne is torn between two men, while Elinor longs for a man beyond reach.

17) Mansfield Park

Author

Duncan, Lindsay

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When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns their ways, she also enlightens them with wit and sparkle all her own.

18) Emma

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BBC literary collection

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"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harriet arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...

19) Emma

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"Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless 'queen bee' without rivals in her sleepy little English town. In this glittering satire of social class, Emma must navigate her way through misguided matches and romantic missteps to realize the love that has been there all along"--Container.

20) Pride & prejudice

Series

Focus Features spotlight series

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Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependant on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful until the arrival...