Raison et sentiments

Persuasion is the last novel written by Jane Austen before her death in 1817. (It was published in December of that year.) Set partially in Bath, a city with which Austen was intimately acquainted, Persuasion is the story of Anne Elliot, whose rejection of the handsome yet unsuitable naval officer Frederick Wentworth haunts her when he returns from war a rich naval captain. This special ebook edition of Persuasion contains an unpublished chapter. 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.

Persuasion

Dans les premières années du XIXe siècle, loin des guerres de Napoléon, au sud-ouest de l'Angleterre, une fille de pasteur anglican, qui n'est ni très riche, ni très pauvre, ni savante, ni illettrée, qui n'a aucune aventure exceptionnelle, et qui n'épousera pas un lord, entreprend singulièrement de dire en prose de fiction quelque chose d'irracontable et de jamais encore raconté : comment une jeune fille, entre toutes les contraintes de la famille, du monde et des mœurs, devient une personne entière, autonome et invincible. Et ce faisant Jane Austen crée d'un seul coup une branche nouvelle, unique, étonnante, imprévisible du roman anglais, qui est surtout le roman des anglaises, avec sa prose silencieuse, énigmatique, la prose du non-dit, de la réticence, et de la retenue. ; celle qui, après elle s'avance vers sa floraison, peut-être ultime, en Henry James et Virginia Woolf. Orgueil et Préjugés est le plus connu des six romans achevés de Jane Austen. Son histoire, sa question, est en apparence celle d'un mariage : l'héroïne, la vive et ironique Elizabeth Bennett qui n'est pas riche, aimera-t-elle le héros, le riche et orgueilleux Darcy ? Si oui, en sera-t-elle aimée ? Si oui encore, l'épousera-t-elle ? Mais il apparaît clairement qu'il n'y a en fait qu'un héros qui est l'héroïne, et que c'est par elle, en elle et pour elle que tout se passe.

Orgueil et Préjugés

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 cœur, 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 est considéré comme le premier grand roman anglais du XIXe siècle.

Raison et Sentiments

Mme Bennet a cinq filles et compte bien les marier toutes, ce qui n'est pas une tache facile dans l'Angleterre du debut du XIXe siecle. Non que les demoiselles Bennett soient laides, mais elles n'ont pas de fortune. Et cinq maris riches, ce n'est pas si facile a trouver. Surtout quand les filles en questions s'en melent; elles qui ont des prejuges, eprouvent des sentiments, et n'agissent pas forcement toujours pour trouver "un bon parti.""

Orgueil Et Pr�jug�s: Les Cinq Filles de Mrs Bennet

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).

Collection of Letters

La jeune et naive Catherine Morland est invitee par des voisins de ses parents a passer quelques semaines a Bath. La, elle se lie d'amitie avec la jeune et inconstante Isabelle Thorpe et son frere, le presomptuteux John qui se pose rapidement en pretendant de Catherine. Elle y rencontre egalement Henry Tilney et sa charmante soeur Eleonore. Catherine n'est pas insensible au charme de Henry."

Catherine Morland

Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect.

Emma

Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?

Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.

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