Books by Jane Austen

Orgueil et préjugés (1813) est le roman le plus populaire de l'illustre auteur Jane Austen. L'histoire en est simple : Elizabeth Bennet, qui se croit dédaignée par Darcy, jeune homme riche et hautain, s'amourache d'un bel officier, Wickham. Au roman sentimental et de coup de foudre, Jane Austen substitue celui qui décrit l'évolution d'une psychologie plus complexe, où se mêlent la raison, le sentiment de gratitude, la méfiance à l'égard des " premières impressions ". L'abondance des menus événements, qui passionnent autant que de grandes aventures, fait l'un des charmes du roman britannique. Elle se combine avec la finesse d'une analyse entièrement intégrée à la description du comportement, et avec un humour discret, mais toujours présent.

Dive into a world of witty social encounters and Gothic intrigue with Jane Austen's delightful novel, Northanger Abbey. Catherine Morland, a young woman with a passion for gothic romance books [gothic romance books], finds herself whisked away to the imposing Northanger Abbey.Fueled by her literary fantasies, Catherine transforms the grand estate into a thrilling labyrinth of hidden chambers and dark secrets. Is there a hidden passage behind the tapestry? Could the gloomy hallways conceal a terrible family history? As Catherine delves deeper into the mysteries of Northanger Abbey, her imagination runs wild.But will reality live up to Catherine's vivid expectations? Northanger Abbey is a delightful exploration of youthful enthusiasm, the power of storytelling, and the unexpected twists of life. With Austen's signature wit and humor, the novel takes a playful jab at the conventions of Gothic romance, offering a charming and intelligent coming-of-age story.

Dive into the enchanting world of Highbury with "Emma" by Jane Austen, a quintessential tale of love, friendship, and self-discovery. This classic romance literature masterpiece follows the spirited and headstrong Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who delights in matchmaking but remains oblivious to her own heart's desires. With her well-intentioned meddling, Emma creates a whirlwind of misunderstandings and romantic entanglements, making for a delightful and heartwarming narrative that has captivated readers for generations.Emma is more than just a classic romance fiction; it is a brilliant social commentary on the intricacies of 19th-century English society. Austen's wit and keen observation bring to life a cast of memorable characters, from the endearing Mr. Knightley to the charming but elusive Frank Churchill, each contributing to the rich tapestry of Emma's world. The novel's exploration of personal growth, the perils of vanity, and the pursuit of true love resonate as deeply today as they did when it was first published in 1815.Whether you're a longtime admirer of Jane Austen or discovering her work for the first time, "Emma" promises an engaging and insightful reading experience. This Emma by Jane Austen paperback edition is perfect for any bookshelf, offering a journey into one of literature's most beloved and enduring romances. Join Emma Woodhouse on her misadventures and revel in the timeless charm of a story that celebrates the transformative power of love and the joy of finding one's true match.Immerse yourself in this classic romance, where every page brims with Austen's trademark humor, intelligence, and heart. "Emma" is not just a novel; it's an invitation to experience the enduring magic of one of the greatest works of classic romance fiction.

La nouvelle Emma, ou Les caractères anglais du siècle. T. 4 /, par l'auteur d'"Orgueil et Préjugé", etc., etc. Traduit de l'anglaisDate de l'édition originale: 1816Titre original: EmmaLe présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF.HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant numérisé ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant à la demande.Certains de ces ouvrages reflètent des courants de pensée caractéristiques de leur époque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jugés condamnables.Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins à l'histoire des idées en France et sont susceptibles de présenter un intérêt scientifique ou historique.Le sens de notre démarche éditoriale consiste ainsi à permettre l'accès à ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune façon le contenu.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

Lady Susan Vernon is a calculating coquette, encouraging the attentions of several men at once; but this time she goes too far and has to accept the fate that she has prepared for her own daughter. Emma Watson returns from Ireland to rural Surrey, denied the inheritance that she has been brought up to expect and facing a future of the genteel poverty that Jane Austen herself knew well. Austen may have abandoned The Watsons for that very reason; it may have been a little too close to home. Will her Emma do better? We shall never know. In Sanditon Jane Austen struck out in an entirely new direction, taking a wry look at a developing seaside resort on the Sussex coast populated by a colourful cast of hypochondriacs and speculators. Sadly, she died before she could complete it.If you have ever expected Jane Austen's novels to be dif¿cult to read, the Line Clear Edition is the one for you. Here are Jane Austen's stories in Jane Austen's words, made approachable by clear type and a clear layout, modern spelling and modern typography. The innovative chapter titles and contents list, derived from the text, will quickly guide the familiar reader back to favourite passages.The cover image is taken from a Cassini Old Series map, using mapping ¿rst published by the Ordnance Survey in 1813 (while Jane Austen was still writing), and is reproduced by kind permission of Cassini Publishing Ltd. The front cover is centred on Eastbourne in Sussex. Austen tells us that Sanditon is 'one complete, measured mile' nearer to London than is Eastbourne. Another of the places mentioned in the story is Willingden; it may be signi¿cant that 'Willingdon Mill' appears on the map only about two miles northwest of Eastbourne.

Emma Woodhouse, at the age of twenty, has little to distress or vex her. Handsome, clever and rich, she believes that she has no need of marriage or love and is therefore free to manipulate the love-lives of those around her. As early as chapter 1 her father begs her, 'Do not make any more matches,' but that does not deter her from picking up little Harriet Smith, 'the natural daughter of somebody', and giving her ideas above her station. It takes an old family friend, Mr George Knightley, to put a stop to all this, and in the way that Emma least expects. In the background a classic detective story is working itself out, enacted by perhaps the most memorable cast of characters that Jane Austen was ever to create. If you have ever expected Jane Austen's novels to be dif¿cult to read, the line clear edition is the one for you. Here is Jane Austen's classic novel in Jane Austen's words, made approachable by clear type and a clear layout, modern spelling and modern typography. The innovative chapter titles and contents list, derived from the text, will guide the familiar reader back to favourite passages without revealing the plot to a new reader. The cover image is taken from a Cassini Old Series map, using mapping ¿rst published by the Ordnance Survey between 1816 and 1819 (Jane Austen died in 1817), and is reproduced by kind permission of Cassini Publishing Ltd. The front cover is centred on the famous Surrey beauty spot of Box Hill, which is the setting for one of the most significant episodes in the novel. The town of Leatherhead, four miles north of Box Hill, is believed to have been Austen's model for Highbury.

Ten-year-old Fanny Price is adopted by her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, and is brought up alongside, rather than with, his own four children. She soon learns her place in the hierarchy of Mans¿eld Park, and is ¿rmly kept there by her spiteful and interfering Aunt Norris, who is one of Jane Austen's most memorable creations. While Sir Thomas is away attending to his business interests in Antigua, the arrival of the sophisticated Mary and Henry Crawford becomes the catalyst for change. Soon, amateur theatricals turn into a real-life drama that shakes the family to its foundations. Throughout it all, Fanny's high moral principles remain as ¿rm as a rock. When the dust has settled, those who remain standing realize that Fanny means more to them than they - or she -had ever expected.If you have ever expected Jane Austen's novels to be dif¿cult to read, the Line Clear Edition is the one for you. Here is Jane Austen's classic novel in Jane Austen's words, made approachable by clear type and a clear layout, modern spelling and modern typography. The innovative chapter titles and contents list, derived from the text, will guide the familiar reader back to favourite passages without revealing the plot to a new reader.The cover image is taken from a Cassini Old Series map, using mapping ¿rst published by the Ordnance Survey between 1833 and 1835 (only a few years after Jane Austen's death), and is reproduced by kind permission of Cassini Publishing Ltd. The front cover is centred on Northampton, it being implied in the novel that Mans¿eld Park lies only four or ¿ve miles north of there.

'The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.' For Catherine Morland, young and ingenuous, the only good novel is a Gothic novel, and the more 'horrid' it is, the better it fuels her imagination. So when Henry Tilney and his family take her from fashionable Bath on a visit to their ancestral home in Gloucestershire, she is all too ready to ¿nd Northanger Abbey redolent of dark deeds, some of them committed, she believes, not so very long ago. She is persuaded to look at things in another light, but it is not until she returns to her native village in rural Wiltshire that she learns that one at least of those whom she has met in Bath really is what he seems. Short but packed with incident, Northanger Abbey is full of Jane Austen's characteristic comedy. Watch out for her reference to baseball - thought to be the ¿rst ever printed.If you have ever expected Jane Austen's novels to be dif¿cult to read, the Line Clear Edition is the one for you. Here is Jane Austen's classic novel in Jane Austen's words, made approachable by clear type and a clear layout, modern spelling and modern typography. The innovative chapter titles and contents list, derived from the text, will guide the familiar reader back to favourite passages without revealing the plot to a new reader.The cover image is taken from a Cassini Old Series map, using mapping ¿rst published by the Ordnance Survey between 1817 (the year of Jane Austen's death) and 1830, and is reproduced by kind permission of Cassini Publishing Ltd. The front cover is centred on Bath, then and now once more in Somerset, and the scene of many entertaining episodes in the novel

With ¿ve unmarried daughters to dispose of, Mrs Bennet, always a martyr to her nerves, is becoming increasingly concerned. Beautiful Jane at twenty-two shows little sign of doing anything about it in time. Pretty, feisty Lizzy, not yet one-and-twenty, is determined to marry for love. Kitty and the coltish Lydia are content to ¿irt with any man who will look their way. Mary would in¿nitely prefer a book. The arrival of Mr Bingley and his family, the saturnine Mr Darcy and a whole regiment of militia brings changes for them all; and pride, prejudice and sheer animal spirits have much to answer for along the way. The sparkling comedy of manners that results is the vehicle for Jane Austen's most acute social observation and dry humour.If you have ever expected Jane Austen's novels to be dif¿cult to read, the Line Clear Edition is the one for you. Here is Jane Austen's classic novel in Jane Austen's words, made approachable by clear type and a clear layout, modern spelling and modern typography. The innovative chapter titles and contents list, derived from the text, will guide the familiar reader back to favourite passages without revealing the plot to a new reader.The cover image is taken from a Cassini Old Series map, using mapping ¿rst published by the Ordnance Survey between 1805 and 1834 (Jane Austen died in 1817), and is reproduced by kind permission of Cassini Publishing Ltd. The front cover is centred on Hertford and Ware in Hertfordshire, which are thought to have been Austen's models for Meryton and the unnamed small town where Mr Bennet's carriage meets Elizabeth and Maria on their return from Kent. Although Hertford is the county town, it was Ware, not Hertford, that was on the main road from the south.

Elinor Dashwood at nineteen has more common sense than is good for her. Marianne, not yet seventeen, wears her heart on her sleeve. When Marianne is swept off her feet by a young man with a gun, only to be let down with a bump, the violence of her reaction lays the family open to ridicule. Elinor, facing an emotional crisis of her own, must suffer in silence. But quiet Colonel Brandon has in his gift something that is more useful than he can possibly know, and he becomes instrumental in the fate of both girls as Elinor ¿nally has reason to rejoice and Marianne is induced to put aside her rooted antipathy to second attachments.If you have ever expected Jane Austen's novels to be dif¿cult to read, the Line Clear Edition is the one for you. Here is Jane Austen's classic novel in Jane Austen's words, made approachable by clear type and a clear layout, modern spelling and modern typography. The innovative chapter titles and contents list, derived from the text, will guide the familiar reader back to favourite passages without revealing the plot to a new reader.The cover image is taken from a Cassini Old Series map, using mapping ¿rst published by the Ordnance Survey between 1828 and 1831 (only a few years after Jane Austen's death), and is reproduced by kind permission of Cassini Publishing Ltd. The front cover is centred on Exeter, the county town of Devon. Barton, where the Dashwoods make their home after quitting Sussex, is stated in the novel to lie four miles north-east of Exeter. One of the eight or more real Bartons in Devon is to be seen to the left of the title block.

First published in 1811, "Sense and Sensibility" is a novel by renowned English author Jane Austen. Most likely set in London and Sussex during the 1790s, it revolves around the two sisters Elinor and Marianne and their coming of age. After moving with their mother from the estate that was their childhood home to Barton Cottage, the sisters must begin a new life where love, romance, and heartbreak await them. This volume is recommend for all lovers of the English language and constitutes a must-read for fans of Austen's seminal work. Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) was an English author known primarily for her novels, which critique the 18th century English upper classes and contemporary novels of sensibility. Her use of irony coupled with biting social commentary and realism have led to her wide acclaim amongst scholars and critics, her work contributing to the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Other notable works by this author include: "Emma" (1816), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), and "Mansfield Park" (1814). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

A wonderful collection of early works by Jane Austen, including the titular Love and Friendship; a biting satire of the romance and sensibility novels popular in her day.Penned when she was just 14 years old, these texts includes all of Austen's original spelling quirks. Although written for the enjoyment of family and friends, her witty dialogue and characteristic sense of humour are very much there. This volume also includes: An Unfinished Novel in Letters,The History of England,A Collection of Letters, and many others...These delightful and often humorous pieces showcase Austen's budding talent for character development, social commentary, and sharp wit. From playful parodies to insightful observations, this compilation offers a fascinating glimpse into the early creative mind of one of literature's most beloved authors.

Discover Jane Austen's famous novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

Discover Jane Austen's famous novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

Discover Jane Austen's famous novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

Discover Jane Austen's famous novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.