Le chef d' uvre de Jane Austen ou se melent amour, romance, humour et satire sociale de l'Angleterre du debut du XIXeme siecle dans une edition brochee. "C'est une verite presque incontestable qu'un jeune homme possesseur d'une grande fortune doit avoir besoin d'une epouse. Bien que les sentiments et les gouts d'un tel homme ne soient pas connus, aussitot qu'il vient se fixer dans une province les familles du voisinage le regardent comme un bien qui doit dans peu appartenir a l'une ou l'autre de leurs filles.""

Orgueil et Prejuges

Traduit de l'anglais par Felix Fénelon en 1898. TRADUCTION Publié à Londres à titre posthume en 1818 (augmenté de la première notice biographique de l'auteur par son frère Henry Austen), la présente édition (texte intégral) est établie d'après la traduction de l'anglais par Félix Fénéon, publiée sous le titre "Catherine Morland" dans La Revue blanche, en 1898 à Paris. RESUME : En villégiature à Bath, chez des amis de la famille, Catherine Morland, jeune provinciale de 17 ans, aussi jolie que naïve, ne rêve que de sombres aventures dans de vieux châteaux ou des abbayes gothiques. Lorsqu'elle est invitée à séjourner à l'abbaye de Northanger ; une idylle se développe entre elle et Henry Tilney, le fi ls cadet du propriétaire des lieux. Roman d'apprentissage, rédigé dès 1798-1799, l'un des trois romans majeurs que Jane Austen écrivit avant sa vingt-cinquième année, est e plus moderne de ses romans. L'oeuvre raille la vie mondaine de Bath, que Jane Austen avait connue lors d'un séjour en 1797, et parodie les romans gothiques fort appréciés à l'époque.

Northanger Abbey

Two sisters of opposing temperament but who share the pangs of tragic love provide the subjects for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect gifts for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings. Elinor, practical and conventional, the epitome of sense, desires a man who is promised to another woman. Marianne, emotional and sentimental, the epitome of sensibility, loses her heart to a scoundrel who jilts her. A powerful drama of family life and growing up, Sense and Sensibility is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a striking critique of early nineteenth-century society.

Sense and Sensibility

Écrit en 1803, Catherine Morland est le premier roman de Jane Austen, même s'il n'a été publié qu'en 1818, un an après sa mort. La jeune et naïve Catherine Morland est invitée par des voisins de ses parents à passer quelques semaines à Bath. Là, elle se lie d'amitié avec la jeune et inconstante Isabelle Thorpe et son frère, le présomptueux John qui se pose rapidement en prétendant de Catherine. Elle y rencontre également Henry Tilney et sa charmante soeur Eléonore. Catherine n'est pas insensible au charme de Henry. Aussi, quand le père d'Henry invite Catherine à passer quelques jours dans sa maison, elle est au comble du bonheur. D'autant plus que Catherine, très imprégnée par ses lectures de romans gothiques alors très à la mode, apprend que la demeure de M. Tilney est une ancienne abbaye : Northanger Abbey...

Catherine Morland

Texte intégral du roman de Jane Austen agrémenté d'illustrations de Margaux Motin qui interprète les scènes avec l'humour qu'on lui connait.

Raison et sentiments

Raison et sensibilité: tome premier

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

With the publications of "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814) and "Emma" (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion", both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually titled "Sanditon", but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript and another unfinished novel, "The Watsons". Her six full-length novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her moderate success and little fame during her lifetime.

A significant transition in her posthumous reputation occurred in 1833, when her novels were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series, illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering, and sold as a set. They gradually gained wider acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of "A Memoir of Jane Austen" introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience.

Austen has inspired a large number of critical essays and literary anthologies. Her novels have inspired many films, from 1940's "Pride and Prejudice" to more recent productions like "Sense and Sensibility" (1995) and "Love & Friendship" (2016).

Love and Freindship

Coffret Jane Austen Tome 1 : orgueil et préjugés ; raisons et sentiments ; Emma ; Lady Susan

This edition of "Pride and Prejudice" has been carefully formatted for your ebook reader with a functional table of contents and contains all the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock.
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of 'most loved books' such as The Big Read. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. To date, the book has sold some 20 million copies worldwide.
As Anna Quindlen wrote, "Pride and Prejudice is also about that thing that all great novels consider, the search for self. And it is the first great novel to teach us that that search is as surely undertaken in the drawing room making small talk as in the pursuit of a great white whale or the public punishment of adultery."
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism and biting social commentary have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

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