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1) Emma
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An enchanting comedy of errors, Emma remains a classic two centuries after it was first published.
Emma Woodhouse is a privileged young woman whose greatest pleasure in life lies in matchmaking for anyone but herself. Written, by Austen’s own admission, as “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like,” Emma’s charm and wit exist in constant tension with her capacity for selfishness and vanity. Despite...
Emma Woodhouse is a privileged young woman whose greatest pleasure in life lies in matchmaking for anyone but herself. Written, by Austen’s own admission, as “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like,” Emma’s charm and wit exist in constant tension with her capacity for selfishness and vanity. Despite...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
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Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners...
3) Persuasion
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When she was young and beautiful Anne Elliot fell in love with a dashing, but poor naval officer. Her family considered him beneath her and persuaded her to break off the match. Eight years later, when the novel begins, Anne is well past the bloom of her youth. Until Wentworth, now a celebrated captain, returns to the area to court her young neighour. Anne begins to slowly bloom a second time, though she hardly dares hope that he will return to
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Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the...
6) Sanditon
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Based on the manuscript Jane Austin wrote in the months before her death, "Sandition" tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited, and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming (and slightly wild) Sidney Parker. When a chance accident transports her from her rural hometown of Willingden to the would-be resort of Sandition, she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of romance, betrayal, and changing...
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Adéntrate en el refinado mundo de 'Sentido y Sensibilidad (Versión Íntegra)', la cautivadora novela de Jane Austen que teje un relato de amor, sociedades y dilemas morales. Este audiolibro ofrece una experiencia auditiva exquisita, con una narración clara y nítida que da vida a cada personaje y detalle de la trama.
Fiel al texto original, este audiolibro captura la esencia de la aguda observación de Austen sobre la sociedad de su tiempo,...
Fiel al texto original, este audiolibro captura la esencia de la aguda observación de Austen sobre la sociedad de su tiempo,...
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