Du fond de mon coeur ; lettres à ses nièces

This edition of Jane Austen's letters was edited by Fanny Knight's son Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (the first Baron Brabourne, lived 1829-1893), and was published in 1884. The Letters of Jane Austen (1884) publishes these letters for the first time, and sets them in a family context drawn from the reminiscences of those who knew Austen personally. This first of two volumes begins with a biographical essay and then includes letters from 1796 to 1807.

This is a wonderful book and gift for any Jane Austen admirer!

It's a wonderful and enchanting read and in a beautiful layout with some illustrations and printed on cream paper. 

Enjoy Jane Austen's letters to her sister Cassandra and dive into the Regency England and see it with Jane's eyes ...

The Letters of Jane Austen - The Brabourne Edition Vol. 1 & Vol. 2

Started in Austen's youth, Northanger Abbey was not completed until 1803. It was finally published in 1817, a year after Austen's death, in a single volume with Persuasion. Catherine Morland meets several suitors during her coming out season in bath. Henry Tilney distinguishes himself by his love of gothic novels, and his invitation to the family estate, Northanger Abbey. How could she refuse? An abbey! Gothic ruins! The fashionable novels have infiltrated our heroine's imagination to such an extent that she doesn't know which potential clue to investigate first. Perhaps the notebook hidden in her bedroom chest is a mysterious ancient manuscript? Did Tilney's mother die of natural causes? Is she even dead - old Tilney might be an evil torturer! And all these corridors, and locked doors, and whole wings to which entry is forbidden... reality and fiction blend to the reader's great delight, until finally reality gets the upper hand and our heroes find satisfaction in a happy ending. Austen's tender parody of the Gothic novel - and its devoted readers - is also a vibrant plea for the genre of the novel as a unique vehicle for the portrayal of feelings and imagination. (1765); Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794); Lewis's The Monk (1796); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) and Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). This is a brilliant parody of the sentimental novel written when Austen was fourteen years old. It opens with the legend Deceived in Friendship and Betrayed in Love, a revelation, if one was needed, of the satirical nature of the work, and the gift for irony characteristic of Austen's later writing. It is published here with the author's original spelling.

Northanger Abbey / Love and Freindship

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 'The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself.'

 Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for her mistakes by old friend Mr Knightley, it is only when Harriet starts to pursue her own love interests that Emma realises the true hidden depths of her own heart.

 Delightful, engaging and entertaining, and with a dazzling gallery of characters, Emma is arguably Austen's most well-loved social comedy.

Emma

Jane Austen's first novel - published posthumously in 1818 - tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen's fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while vacationing at Bath and during her subsequent visit to Northanger Abbey, Catherine eventually triumphs, blossoming into a discerning woman who learns truths about love, life, and the heady power of literature. The satirical novel pokes fun at the gothic novel while earnestly emphasizing caution to the female sex.

Northanger Abbey

Conçus pour être expédiés, les plis sont des livres reliés de petit format, recouverts d'une jaquette qui se transforme en enveloppe. Quant aux textes de la collection, ils sont une sélection de correspondances, ici celle de Jane Austen

Pas de Femmes Parfaites, s'il vous plaît

Le chef-d'oeuvre inachevé de Jane AustenCette petite ville renferme bien des mystères... D'abord heureuse de contempler le spectacle tranquille de la plage depuis la vaste fenêtre de sa chambre, Charlotte Heywood ne tarde pas à deviner les nombreux scandales dissimulés sous cet abord serein, tout en se laissant séduire par le charme romantique de la vie au bord de la mer et par ces résidents hauts en couleur. Au fil de ses rencontres, elle va croiser le chemin du vaniteux Edward Dunham, qui ne la laissera pas indifférente. Mais Sanditon est-il réellement le petit paradis annoncé et Charlotte y trouvera-t-elle le bonheur ?Aujourd'hui achevée par Juliette Shapiro, auteure respectée et spécialiste de Jane Austen, cette nouvelle édition de Sanditon nous offre la fin de cette histoire, dans un style vivant que tous les admirateurs d'Austen reconnaîtront.

Sanditon

Pour la famille Bennet, qui compte cinq filles à marier, l'arrivée de deux jeunes et riches célibataires dans le voisinage est une aubaine. Le sombre Mr Darcy saura-t-il vaincre le mépris d'Elizabeth ? Les sœurs de Mr Bingley parviendront-elles à le dissuader de déclarer ses sentiments à Jane ? Le happy end tant attendu par le lecteur du chef-d'oeuvre de Jane Austen aura bien lieu, mais au terme d'innombrables intrigues et retournements, cocasses ou cruels.

Orgueil et Préjugés

Sir Walter Elliot, de Kellynch-Hall, dans le comte de Somerset, n'avait jamais touche un livre pour son propre amusement, si ce n'est le livre heraldique. La il trouvait de l'occupation dans les heures de des uvrement, et de la consolation dans les heures de chagrin. Devant ces vieux parchemins, il eprouvait un sentiment de respect et d'admiration. La, toutes les sensations desagreables provenant des affaires domestiques se changeaient en pitie et en mepris. Quand il feuilletait les innombrables titres crees dans le siecle dernier, si chaque feuille lui etait indifferente, une seule avait constamment pour lui le meme interet, c'etait la page ou le volume favori s'ouvrait toujours: "

Du fond de mon coeur ; lettres à ses nièces

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