Jane Austen

Das Beste von Austen und Brontë (Stolz und Vorurteil, Emma, Sturmhöhe, Jane Eyre) Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu editiert, mit aktualisierter Rechtschreibung Voll verlinkt, und mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis Mit einem aktuellen Vorwort des Herausgebers sowie Kurz-Biographien der Autorinnen Beinhaltet die Titel: Stolz und Vorurteil (Jane Austen), Emma (Jane Austen), Sturmhöhe (Emily Brontë) und Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) /// Jane Austen starb im Jahre...

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...

Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.

In late eighteenth-century England, spirited young Elizabeth Bennet copes with the romantic entanglements of her four sisters, and her feelings for wealthy, brooding, and seemingly over-proud Mr. Darcy.

Impulsive Marianne Dashwood and cautious Elinor are as different as two sisters could be, yet both are shattered by their father's sudden death. Elinor's attachment to the reserved Edward Ferrars is torn asunder by family opposition and his own dark secret, while Marianne's brilliant romance with the dashing John Willoughby comes to a tumultuous end in a devastating public betrayal. Can the two sisters overcome these trials to find true, lasting happiness?...

Jane Austen's classic tale of youthful folly and romantic exuberance comes to life for a modern audience with this beautiful new adaptation of Emma. Both humorous and heart- rending, this classic story of Emma Woodhouse's impulsive matchmaking shines brighter than ever thanks to lush artwork that highlights the wit, charm, and romance of the original novel.

They wrote against all odds. Some wrote defiantly; some wrote desperately. Some wrote while trapped within the confines of status and wealth. Some wrote hand-to-mouth in abject poverty. Some wrote trapped in a room of their father's house, and some went in search of a room of their own. They had lovers and families. They were sometimes lonely. Many wrote anonymously or under a pseudonym for a world not yet ready for their genius and talent. We know...

A single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of a failed relationship when an ex-boyfriend hires her company.

When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns their ways, she also enlightens them with wit and sparkle all her own.