Jane Austen
81) Northanger Abbey
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A homeschooled minister's daughter in the quaint, sheltered Piddle Valley in Dorset, Cat Morland loses herself in novels and is sure there is a glamorous adventure awaiting her beyond the valley's narrow horizon. So, imagine her delight when the Allens, neighbors and friends of her parents, invite her to attend the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh as their guest. With a sunny personality, tickets every night, and a few key wardrobe additions courtesy...
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Sixth in the bestselling Jane Austen sequel series from Australia In this installment of The Pemberley Chronicles series, Mr. Darcy's cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth's cousin Caroline Gardiner take center stage. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Caroline develops from a pretty young girl into a woman of intelligence and passion, embodying some of Austen's own values. Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth, Jane, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, and the Wickhams...
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The third book in the bestselling Pride and Prejudice sequel series from Australia. 'A very readable and believable tale for readers who like their romance with a historical flavor.' Book News Love, betrayal, and changing times for the Darcy's and the Bingley's Three generations of the Darcy and the Bingley families evolve against a backdrop of the political ideals and social reforms of the mid-Victorian era. Jonathan Bingley, the handsome, distinguished...
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The bestselling Pemberley Chronicles series continues the saga of the Darcys and Bingleys from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and introduces imaginative new characters. Charming, beautiful, and intelligent, Cassandra Darcy is undeniably her father's daughter. When her brother Julian falters in his responsibilities as heir to Pemberley, Darcy and Elizabeth turn in desperation to their daughter, and Cassy is thrust into the role of surrogate heir....
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c2009
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The Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Or will they fall prey to the tentacles...
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An enhanced edition of "Pride and Prejudice" aimed at lovers of the 1995 BBC TV Series, adapted by Andrew Davies and starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. This edition comprises a linked treatment exploring the TV series and its characters, showing how the drama relates to Jane Austen's original novel. The ebook is packed with illustrative quotes and provides hyperlinked jumping-off points for exploring the novel, which is also included in full....
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Coming to PBS Masterpiece Classic soon! Gorgeous, profound, delightful, useful, original, this fully illustrated, informative volume combines Jane Austen's Sanditon novel and Janet Todd's ground-breaking essay.
Sanditon is Jane Austen's last novel, left unfinished when she died. A comedy, it continues the strain of burlesque and caricature she wrote as a teenager and in private throughout her life. This beautifully illustrated volume combines the...
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What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blown. From the food secrets of Pride and Prejudice to the fitness strategies of Sense and Sensibility, there's a modern health code hidden in the world's most popular romances.
Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this "health and happiness" manifesto straight from Jane Austen's pen, revealing why her prescriptions for achieving total body "bloom" still matter in the 21st century....
95) Mansfield Park
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[2004]
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Fanny is an impoverished young woman, snubbed by society, who earns the respect and love of her cousin in this BBC mini-series adaptation of the Jane Austen classic set in 19th century England
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2012
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GOTHIC CLASSICS presents Ann Radcliffe's archetypal gothic novel "The Mysteries of Udopho," adapted by Antonella Caputo and Carlo Vergara. Plus Jane Austen's gothic parody "Northanger Abbey," by Trina Robbins and Anne Timmons, and Poe's "The Oval Portrait," by Malaysian illustrator Leong Wan Kok. Also "At the Gate", a ghost story with dogs by Myla Jo Closser, illustrated by Shary Flenniken, and J. Sheridan Le Fanu's great vampire tale "Carmilla,"...
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Are you ready for the first edition of Jane Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice that feels complete? Renowned literary expert Dr. Blaine Josten builds on Austen's strong first draft to tell the story of Elizabeth, Darcy, and the whole gang with bonus facts, insights, and explanations. Throw out your other copies and remove them from your memory; this is the version of Pride and Prejudice you want. In Blaine Josten's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
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These heart-soaring tales of romance and tragedy are widely considered four of the finest novels in English literature. Wuthering Heights is an immortal story of love and obsession on the stormy Yorkshire moors. The fate of the Earnshaw family is forever changed when they adopt a dark-skinned orphan boy named Heathcliff. As the years pass, Heathcliff and young Catherine Earnshaw fall deeply in love, but their passion cannot survive the pressures...
99) Emma (2009)
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[2015]
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"Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse loves playing matchmaker. When pretty and socially inferior Harriet arrives, Emma decides to indulge her passion. Against the advice of family friend and surrogate older brother Mr. Knightly, Emma persuades Harriet to reject a marriage proposal from a local farmer in order to hold out for an offer from the dashing Mr. Elton. But Emma soon discovers Mr. Elton's true motives and her advice to Harriet goes terribly...
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A editora Mimética oferece aos seus leitores 30 obras-primas da literatura mundial num único volume:
- Alighieri, Dante: "A Divina Comédia"
- Austen, Jane: "Persuasão"
- Balzac, Honoré de: "Ilusões Perdidas"
- Brontë, Anne: "Agnes Grey"
- Brontë, Charlotte: "Jane Eyre"
- Cervantes, Miguel de: "Dom Quixote"
- Cooper, James Fenimore: "O Último Moicano"
- Dickens, Charles: "David Copperfield"
- Dostoiévski, Fiódor: "Crime e Castigo"
- Dumas,...