Jane Austen

"A timeless classic, Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey is both a coming-of-age story and a parody of the Gothic novels of the nineteenth century. Catherine Morland is destined to be the heroine of her own life story as she navigates friendships and romantic relationships, and as she learns to let go of childish notions of fantasy regarding the lives of others. Held from publication for more than a decade, this story was an instant success when it was...

Mrs. Bennet is desperate to find rich husbands for her daughters, so the arrival of a charming new neighbor is welcome indeed. Sadly, the friend he brings with him is not. Mr. Darcy seems to have even more pride than money. Nobody likes him - least of all Elizabeth Bennet. But not everyone is who they seem.

Emma Woodhouse, a spoiled young woman used to having her own way, learns that she is not the best person to make decisions about other people's lives.

Mansfield Park is the chronicle of the trials of Fanny Price. Sweet, innocent, sensitive, and thoroughly proper, Fanny is taken from her family and raised by wealthy, but selfish relatives. All her qualities are tested when she becomes the object of the unwanted attentions of an insincere rake.

Lady Susan is the only full novel written by Jane Austen that was not published in her lifetime. Composed in the epistolary form that was popular at the time, the novel is a series of letters primarily between Lady Susan, Mrs Vernon, Mrs Vernon's mother (Lady de Courcy), Lady Susan and Mrs Johnson. The central character is remarkable in Austenian terms as she has nearly no redeeming features. A gorgeous, clever and witty woman, Lady Susan

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In this BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of one of Jane Austen's most beloved works, Fanny Price finds her life isn't going as she would have wished...
Fanny grows up mostly miserable in Mansfield Park, where she has always been treated as inferior to her vivacious cousins. However, over time her steadfast and kind character make her an indispensable part of the household. Her cousin Edmund has always been her ally but navigating Mary Crawford

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"Penguin Cl̀sicos publica en una cuidada edici̤n esta obra maestra de la literatura inglesa de todos los tiempos, para conmemorar el bicentenario de la publicaci̤n original de la novela en 1813. A lo largo de una trama que discurre con la precisi̤n de un mecanismo de relojer̕a, Jane Austen perfila una galer̕a de personajes que conforman un perfecto y sutil retrato de la ̌poca: las peripecias de una dama empęada en casar a sus hijas con el...

"Narrating the slightly criminal adventures of the sixteen-year-old title character, The Beautifull Cassandra gives us Austen s most irrepressible heroine, who, after stealing a hat, leaves her mother s shop to flounce around London, eating ice cream (without paying), taking coach rides (without paying), and encountering handsome young ladies and gentlemen (without speaking) all to return home hours later with whispered joy: 'This is a day well spent.'"--...

The Bennet household has five daughters and no male heirs so the arrival of an eligible bachelor at a nearby estate incites interest.