Jane Austen
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"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is a literary masterpiece that unfolds with the grace and wit characteristic of the author's keen observational skills and biting social commentary. Set against the backdrop of Regency-era England, the novel is a timeless exploration of love, class, and the complexities of human relationships.
At the heart of the narrative is the headstrong and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet, one of five daughters in the Bennet...
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"Persuasion" is the last of six books by the legendary British author Jane Austen. It was written during the years 1815-16 and published posthumously in 1818.
In the story, we meet Anne Elliot, whose family is in crisis. Anne's once-wealthy father - widowed for fourteen years - has fallen into financial ruin and the family is forced to rent their estate and move to more modest accommodations. What's more, the family that moves in to the house...
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Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" took a meandering course toward publication. Originally written in 1803 as a satire of the popular Gothic novels of the day, the book was not published until after Austen's death in 1817.
The story concerns seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland, who has lived her entire life in the small village of Fullerton with her parents and nine siblings. This sedate (and frankly boring) life is upended when Catherine receives...
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Das Leben und die Liebe kennt die junge Catherine Morland nur aus der Literatur - bis sie eines Tages dem charmanten und lebensfrohen Henry Tilney begegnet. Als dessen Schwester sie auf den Landsitz der Familie, Northanger Abbey, einlädt, beflügelt das alte Anwesen Catherines Phantasie: Sie glaubt, einem düsteren Familiengeheimnis auf der Spur zu sein ...
Mit seinen pointierten Dialogen ist Austens Roman zugleich die bezaubernde Geschichte eines...
5) Lady Susan
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Die attraktive Lady Susan sorgt für Aufregung in der Gesellschaft: Frisch verwitwet, kokettiert sie bereits wieder mit ihren Verehrern. Um den Gerüchten über angebliche Affären zu entgehen, zieht sie sich auf das Anwesen ihres Schwagers zurück. Dort kann sie ihren Plan in Ruhe weiterverfolgen: einen neuen wohlhabenden Ehemann zu finden. Objekt ihrer Begierde ist der adrette Reginald DeCourcy, der jüngere Bruder ihrer Schwägerin. Doch als eines...
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Remixed classics volume 9
Pub. Date
2024.
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Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living a secure but inauthentic life or risking everything for true self-expression and love.
7) Emmett
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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264 pages ; 22 cm
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Seventeen-year-old self-absorbed Emmett navigates love and relationships in this queer retelling of Emma.