Nouveau venu dans le comté, M. Bingley, jeune célibatire fortuné, est un coeur à prendre. Son ami, M. Darcy, est loin de reccueillir les mêmes suffrages. Hautain, suffisant... les comérages vont bon train. Nulle jeune fille ne serait digne de lui! Qu'à cela ne tienne, la pétillante Elizabeth Bennet se tourne vers Wickham, un officier aussi séduisant que charmeur... 

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Orgueil et préjugés

'De tous les talents ordinairement en possession de mon sexe j'étais la maîtresse. Au couvent, mes progrès avaient toujours été plus Grands que ne le permettait l'instruction reçue, les connaissances dont je disposais étonnaient chez quelqu'un de mon âge, et je surpassai bientôt mes maîtres. 

Toutes les vertus susceptibles d'orner un esprit se retrouvaient dans le mien. Il était le lieu de rencontre de toutes les qualités et de tous les sentiments élevés. 

Mon seul défaut, s'il mérite ce nom, était de posséder une sensibilité trop vive, prompte à s'émouvoir de toutes les afflictions de mes amis, des personnes de ma connaissance, et plus encore des miennes.' 

Dans ce bref roman épistolaire composé par Jane Austen à l'âge de quinze ans se goûte déjà la plume de la maturité, aussi délicate qu'ironique.

Amour et amitié

When the gorgeous Henry Crawford and his pretty sister Mary come to Mansfield Park, they've no idea what a disturbance they will cause. There they find the Bertram family, with their beautiful daughters and handsome sons - and Fanny Price. Eighteen-year-old Fanny has grown up in the shadow of her glamorous relations. In fact, no one seems to remember she's there at all, which is why they don't notice that she's gradually been falling in love. But while she hides a secret passion, she has no idea she's become an object of interest herself for another admirer. As a scandal begins to unfold that will have devastating effects on everyone, Fanny discovers that love will blossom in the most unusual of places...

Mansfield Park

Sense and Sensibility is the first published novel by Jane Austen. Originally published under the pseudonym "A Lady, " Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, who, upon the death of their father, are left in reduced circumstances to live on the country estate of a distant relative. At Barton Park, the Dashwood sisters engage in romances with the reserved Edward Ferrars, the dashing yet fickle Mr. Willoughby, and the gentlemanly Colonel Brandon, and eventually find the fulfillment of their romantic yearnings. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

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No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her. Her father was a clergyman, without being neglected, or poor, and a very respectable man, though his name was Richard-and he had never been handsome. He had a considerable independence besides two good livings-and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters. Her mother was a woman of useful plain sense, with a good temper, and, what is more remarkable, with a good constitution. She had three sons before Catherine was born; and instead of dying in bringing the latter into the world, as anybody might expect, she still lived on-lived to have six children more-to see them growing up around her, and to enjoy excellent health herself. A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number; but the Morlands had little other right to the word, for they were in general very plain, and Catherine, for many years of her life, as plain as any.

Northanger Abbey

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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This edition of "Pride and Prejudice (Unabridged with the original watercolor illustrations by C.E. Brock)" has been carefully formatted for your ebook reader with a functional table of contents.
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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COFFRET JANE AUSTEN : Contient les deux romans majeurs de Jane Austen, Orgueil & préjugés et Raison & sentiments.Redécouvrez dans cette élégant coffret collector en deux vo- lumes, (coffret étui cartonné, jaspage rose, tranche file + signet) les deux romans les plus populaires de Jane Austen qui ont rendu la Lady des lettres anglaises célèbre à travers le monde. Raison et sentiments (1811) : premier roman publié de la femme de lettres anglaise, qui met en scène les fameuses soeurs Dashwood : la fougueuse et passionnée Marianne et la sage et raisonnable Elinor, confrontées avec leur mère depuis décès de leur père, à la bonne société provinciale anglaise. Orgueil et préjugés (1813) : Désormais légendaires, Elizabeth Bennet et M. Darcy émerveillent chaque lecteur en quête de romantisme. Elizabeth Bennet, la pétillante et M. Darcy, l'irré- sistible vaniteux, ne cessent de se quereller pour mieux tomber amoureux. Jane Austen appartient aujourd'hui au patrimoine littéraire mondial.

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