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Two sisters could hardly be more different. Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values discretion above all. Her impulsive sister Marianne displays her creativity everywhere as she dreams of going to art school. But when the family finds itself forced out of Norland Park, their beloved home for twenty years, their values are severely put to the test. Can Elinor remain stoic knowing that the man she likes has been ensnared by another girl? Will...
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Novels of Jane Austen volume 2
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"'Pride and Prejudice' has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges...
3) The Watsons
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Jane Austen's unfinished novel‚ The Watsons tells the story of a widowed clergyman and his two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, returns home after being raised by a wealthy aunt. Better-educated and more genteel than her other sisters, she looks on disapprovingly at the husband-hunting of two of her sisters, and relates better to her more responsible oldest sister, Elizabeth. Various would-be suitors appear, including the boorish...
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"A lo largo de una trama que discurre con la precisión de un mecanismo de relojería, Jane Austen perfila una galería de personajes que conforman un perfecto y sutil retrato de época: las peripecias de una dama empeñada en casar a sus hijas con el mejor partido de la región, los vaivenes sentimentales de las hermanas, el oportunismo de un clérigo adulador...--
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Sus protagonistas las jóvenes hermanas Dashwood, quienes, desde caracteres contrapuestos, comparten el mismo afán por la búsqueda de la felicidad. Elinor, tranquila y paciente, confía en salvar con su discreción los obstáculos que impiden su relación con Edward Ferrars. Impetuosa y extravertida, Marianne, por el contrario, no duda en dejarse conquistar por el seductor Willoughby. --
Two sisters of opposing temperaments share the pangs of tragic...
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OH Editions
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2022.
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English
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Love and Friendship and Other Early Works is a classic collection of early Jane Austen compositions. Love and Freindship [sic] is a juvenile story by Jane Austen, dated 1790. From the age of 11 until she was 18, Jane Austen wrote her tales in three notebooks. The notebooks still exist - one in the Bodleian Library; the other two in the British Museum. They include among others Love and Freindship, written when Jane was 14, and The History of England,...
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Shang zhou jing dian ming zhu volume 1
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Shang zhou chu ban
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2005
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中文
12) Aşk ve gurur
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Bordo Siyah Klasik Yayınlar
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2009
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Türkçe
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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.
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Blackstone
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[2016]
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English
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The classic story of class-conscious eighteenth-century England and the romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. The clash between opinionated Elizabeth and proud Mr. Darcy is set against a backdrop of wonderful minor characters and the social system in which they all live.
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Brilliance Audio
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[2008]
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English
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Persuasion: "Anne Elliot is a young woman of perfect breeding and unwavering integrity. Austen wrote of her, 'She is almost too good for me.' Persuasion is the story of Anne and Captain Wentworth and their long awaited union. The world of country gentry in Regency England serves as a setting while portraying the many aspects of proper society - its failings and humor"--Container. Pride and prejudice: "A delightful novel about 'how girls catch husbands.'...
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