Author: Jane AustenPublisher: Collector's Library
ISBN: 9781905716753
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Published to coincide with the BBC TV four-part serialisation of EMMA in autumn 2009.
Emma and Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane AustenPublisher: Collector's Library
ISBN: 9781905716753
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Published to coincide with the BBC TV four-part serialisation of EMMA in autumn 2009.
The Novels of Jane Austen
Author: Jane AustenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Unmarriageable
Author: Soniah KamalPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 1524799726
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
“This inventive retelling of Pride and Prejudice charms.”—People “A fun, page-turning romp and a thought-provoking look at the class-obsessed strata of Pakistani society.”—NPR Alys Binat has sworn never to marry—until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won’t make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and have children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire the girls to dream of more. When an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding their small town has seen in years, Mrs. Binat, certain that their luck is about to change, excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for rich, eligible bachelors. On the first night of the festivities, Alys’s lovely older sister, Jena, catches the eye of Fahad “Bungles” Bingla, the wildly successful—and single—entrepreneur. But Bungles’s friend Valentine Darsee is clearly unimpressed by the Binat family. Alys accidentally overhears his unflattering assessment of her and quickly dismisses him and his snobbish ways. As the days of lavish wedding parties unfold, the Binats wait breathlessly to see if Jena will land a proposal—and Alys begins to realize that Darsee’s brusque manner may be hiding a very different man from the one she saw at first glance. Told with wry wit and colorful prose, Unmarriageable is a charming update on Jane Austen’s beloved novel and an exhilarating exploration of love, marriage, class, and sisterhood. Praise for Unmarriageable “Delightful . . . Unmarriageable introduces readers to a rich Muslim culture. . . . [Kamal] observes family dramas with a satiric eye and treats readers to sparkling descriptions of a days-long wedding ceremony, with its high-fashion pageantry and higher social stakes.”—Star Tribune “Thoroughly charming.”—New York Post “[A] funny, sometimes romantic, often thought-provoking glimpse into Pakistani culture, one which adroitly illustrates the double standards women face when navigating sex, love, and marriage. This is a must-read for devout Austenites.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey
Author: Jane AustenSense and Sensibility
Author: Jane AustenJane Austen
Author: Jane AustenPublisher: Chancellor Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781402718892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Jane Austen's sparkling and witty novels continue to entrance readers today, as proven by the rapturous reception of the many film and TV adaptations of her works. Here are three of her best: Pride and Prejudice, Austen's best-loved story; Mansfield Park; and Persuasion, her final novel. Delightfully illustrated with delicate line drawings.
Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility/ Pride and Prejudice/ Emma
Author: Annika BautzPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1137077069
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This Guide discusses the range of critical reactions to three of Jane Austen's most widely-studied and popular novels. Annika Bautz takes the reader chronologically through the profusion of criticism by selecting key approaches from the immense variety of responses these three Austen novels have provoked over the last two centuries.
Mansfield Park
Author: Jane AustenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.
Novels
Author: Jane AustenSense and Sensibility EasyRead Edition
Author: Jane. AustenPublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1425050409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
"Sense and Sensibility" illustrates life's little perplexities of emotion and conduct; a perfect sense of dramatic progression and an admirably vivid observation of human affairs. The two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, represent "sense" and "sensibility" respectively. It is an insightful account of social susceptibility where marriage and love have been analysed with great dexterity.