Persuasion: Twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot is Auten's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a navel officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russel tha…
Emma's opening sentence, which describes the titular heroine's many advantages, is loaded with foreboding. Discomfort and vexation lie on the horizon, triggered by her penchant for matchmaking. Jane Austen returns to her perennial themes of class and courtship, demonstrating onc…
When two sisters appear to be deserted by the young men they had intended to marry, the stage is set for a delicious comedy of manners that not only showcases Austen's perception, humor and incomparable prose, but offers a splendid glimpse of upper and middle class English socie…
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman, as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.
Six weeks of shopping, taking tea with the most fashionable ladies and dancing with the most handsome gentlemen in what awaits young Catherine Morland when she makes her entree into the leisure society of Bath. But, oh, the thrill of an unexpected invitation from the mysterious …
Mansfield Park is a study of three families - the Berthams, the Crawfords, and the Prices. Included is an isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who reard her as the poor relation, and who ha…
by Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie, Austen, Jane
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In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the suit of a snobbish gentleman, as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.
by Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie, Austen, Jane
fromComplete Jane Austen collection
When two sisters appear to be deserted by the young men they had intended to marry, the stage is set for a delicious comedy of manners that not only showcases Austen's perception, humor and incomparable prose, but offers a splendid glimpse of upper and middle-class English socie…
by Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie, Austen, Jane
fromComplete Jane Austen collection
Emma's opening sentence, which describes the titular heroine's many advantages, is loaded with foreboding. Discomfort and vexation lie on the horizon, triggered by her penchant for matchmaking. Emma's latest scheme involves finding a suitable husband for ingenue Harriet Smith, a…
by Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie, Austen, Jane
fromComplete Jane Austen collection
Mansfield Park is a study of three families-the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices-with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and…
by Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie, Austen, Jane, Austen, Jane
fromComplete Jane Austen collection
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 navel officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a m…
by Austen, Jane, Oakley, Jacqui, Danielson, Julie
fromComplete Jane Austen collection
Six weeks of shopping, taking tea with the most fashionable ladies and dancing with the most handsome gentlemen is what awaits young Catherine Morland when she makes her entree into the leisure society at Bath. But, oh, the thrill of an unexpected invitation from the mysterious …