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A special edition featuring beautiful heritage wallpaper patterns from her own home in Hampshire, these collectable paperbacks are a must for all Jane Austen fans. From Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning classics that make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners. Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the lives of others she must try to transform. With original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition also features bonus material by Jane Austen expert and curator of Jane Austen's House Sophie Reynolds.

Emma

At the age of 10, Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram, as her own parents do not have enough money to support their many children. Once at Mansfield Park, Fanny meets her cousins Tom, Maria, Edmund, and Julia, as well as Fanny's other maternal aunt, Mrs. Norris. Fanny does not feel welcome, as she is mistreated by all but her elder cousin Edmund. Her aunt Mrs. Norris, the wife of the clergyman at the Mansfield parsonage, makes herself particularly unpleasant, and treats her more like a servant than a relative. Edmund behaves kindly to her, and the two develop a friendship that grows as the years progress ...

Mansfield Park - Illustrated - Unabridged - original text of the first edition (1814) - with 40 illustrations by Hugh Thomson

When Henry Dashwood dies, he leaves his entire fortune and his home, Norland Park, to his son John. John promises that he will provide for his stepmother, Mary Dashwood, and half-sisters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. However, John's wife, Fanny, convinces him to give the family a smaller inheritance than he had intended. Left with only this small income, Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters decide to leave Norland immediately ...

Sense and Sensibility - Illustrated - Unabridged - original text of the first edition (1811) - with 40 illustrations by Hugh Thomson

27-year-old Anne Elliot is the second daughter of the widowed baronet Sir Walter Elliot, who unlike her vain father and sisters, is humble, sensible and modest. The Elliot family has to move house to lower their expenses and get out of debt. They rent their former 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 ...

Persuasion - Illustrated - Unabridged - original text of the first edition (1818) - with 20 illustrations by Hugh Thomson

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia live in rural England. As the Bennets have no sons, their estate, Longbourn, is destined to be inherited by Mr. Bennet's cousin, Mr. Collins, a pompous clergyman. Mrs. Bennet, eager to secure her daughters' futures through suitable marriages, is delighted when wealthy bachelor Charles Bingley moves into Netherfield, a nearby estate.

Bingley is introduced to the local society at an assembly ball, along with his haughty sister, Caroline, and his aloof friend, the handsome and rich Mr. Darcy. Bingley is enchanted with Jane, while Elizabeth takes an instant dislike to Darcy after he coldly rebuffs her and later makes demeaning remarks about her that she overhears ...

Pride and Prejudice - Illustrated - Unabridged - original text of the third edition (1817) - with numerous illustrations by Hugh Thomson

Une magnifique édition illustrée de Raison et sentiments, le classique de Jane Austen, la grande romancière britannique. Une élégante édition avec reliure intégra, préfaces et illustrations d'époque. le cadeau idéal à offrir ou à s'offrir.
Injustement privées de leur héritage, Elinor et Marianne Dashwood sont contraintes de quitter le Sussex pour le Devonshire, où elles sont rapidement acceptées par la bourgeoisie locale étriquée et à l'hypocrisie feutrée.
 L'aînée, Elinor, a dû renoncer à un amour qui semblait partagé, tandis que Marianne s'éprend bien vite du séduisant Willoughby. Si Elinor, qui représente la raison, dissimule ses peines de coeur, sa cadette étale son bonheur au grand jour, incapable de masquer ses sentiments. Jusqu'au jour où Willoughby disparaît...
 Publié en 1811,  Raison et Sentiments connut un succès immédiat. Il est aujourd'hui considéré comme le premier grand roman anglais du XIXe siècle.
 
 
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Raison et sentiments

Miss Emma Woodhouse of Hartfield lives in the small town of Highbury, and is young, pretty, and rich. Though she has decided she will never marry, Emma takes credit for matchmaking her friend and former governess, Miss Taylor, to the widower Mr. Weston. Emma decides to organize marriages for others of her acquaintance, despite friendly warnings not to meddle from Mr. Knightley, who is both an old friend, her brother-in-law, and the wealthy owner of Donwell Abbey. Emma resolves to marry her new friend, a pretty orphan named Harriet Smith, to the young parish priest Mr. Elton. This fails once Emma realizes to her horror that Elton desires to marry her instead.

New arrivals come to Highbury, including young orphan Miss Fairfax and Elton's new pretentious wife. Frank Churchill, the handsome son of Mr. Weston, also arrives generating interest and gossip. Emma, so sure of her ability to judge the feelings of others, believes that Frank wishes to marry her. Eventually the town discovers that Frank and Miss Fairfax have been secretly engaged, while Emma comes to recognize her true feelings for Mr. Knightley ...

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