100 citations de Jane Austen

Florilège de mots d'esprit de Jane Austen sur la vie (amour, mariage, famille, amis, mondanités, modes, lecture, etc.), tirés de ses romans et de sa correspondance avec sa soeur.

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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

Sanditon - Le chef-d'oeuvre inachevé de Jane Austen

The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to his existence.

Sense and Sensibility

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'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'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 those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

Raison & Sentiments

En ce début du XIXe siècle où la bonne société anglaise découvre les bienfaits des bains de mer, les Parker se sont mis en tête de faire de la paisible bourgade de Sanditon une station balnéaire à la mode. Invitée dans leur magnifique villa, la jeune Charlotte Heywood va découvrir un monde où, en dépit des apparences « très comme il faut », se déchaînent les intrigues et les passions. Autour de la tyrannique lady Denham et de sa pupille Clara gravitent les demoiselles Beaufort, le ténébreux Henry Brudenall et l'étincelant Sidney Parker, peut-être le véritable meneur de jeu d'une folle ronde des sentiments. Observatrice avisée, Charlotte saura-t-elle demeurer spectatrice ? Le cœur ne va-t-il pas bouleverser les plans de la raison ?À sa mort en 1817, Jane Austen laissait cette œuvre inachevée. Une romancière d'aujourd'hui a relevé le défi de lui donner un prolongement. Un exercice mené à bien dans la plus remarquable fidélité, avec autant de tact que de brio.

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