Persuasion celebrates romantic constancy in an era of turbulent change. Written as the Napoleonic Wars were ending, the novel examines how a woman can at once remain faithful to her past and still move forward into the future. Anne...

„Stolz und Vorurteil“ von Jane Austen, gelesen von Eva Mattes, ist ein klassischer Roman, der im frühen 19. Jahrhundert spielt und die gesellschaftlichen Konventionen und Beziehungen jener Zeit beleuchtet. Im Mittelpunkt steht Elizabeth...

Emma is about young people trying to find suitable partners and learning to get on with each other. Emotional and sexual attractions are present throughout, though vividly implied or suggested rather than ploddingly gone into. The novel...

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane...

This elegantly designed hardcover edition of The Complete Novels of Jane Austen features an introduction, providing the reader with enlightening information on Austen's life and works. von Austen, Jane

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living...

Generally considered Austen's finest work, Emma is the story of a charmingly self-deluded heroine whose injudicious matchmaking schemes often lead to substantial mortification. von AUSTEN, JANE

"Anne Elliot: Roman" von Max Wildi ist eine Neuinterpretation des klassischen Jane Austen Romans "Persuasion". Die Geschichte konzentriert sich auf die Protagonistin Anne Elliot, eine Frau aus der gehobenen Gesellschaft im 19....

Catherine Morland is modest and well mannered, more comfortable reading her novels than socializing with people. When she is unexpectedly invited to the English resort city of Bath for the winter season, where many wealthy families...

Mrs. Bennets größter Wunsch ist es, alle ihre fünf Töchter mit einem gutaussehenden und wohlhabenden Gentleman zu verheiraten. Als in ihrer Nachbarschaft mit Mr. Bingley ein idealer Heiratskandidat auftaucht, scheint das Glück der...

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Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16th December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She wrote from a young age and Pride and Prejudice was begun when she was twenty-two years old. It was...