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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

The "New York Times" bestseller is now an eye-popping graphic novel of manners, morals, and brain-eating mayhem. The dead are rising in England, and it's up to fearsome warrior Elizabeth Bennet to dispatch them.

The text of the Fourth Edition of the Norton Critical Edition of Emma is based on the 1816 edition published by John Murray. George Justice has lightly and judiciously emended the text for faithfulness and clarity. The novel is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations as well as facsimiles of the 1816 title and dedication pages. "Backgrounds" collects a wealth of source material, much of it new to the Fourth Edition. New material inclu...

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In Jane Austen's comic masterpiece, the inimitable Emma Woodhouse, a self-proclaimed matchmaker, just may find herself the victim of her own best intentions by the novel's conclusion.

The Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament, Elinor's good sense contrasts with Marianne's warm but excessive sensibility. Both struggle to maintain their integrity and find happiness in the face of a competitive marriage market in Jane Austen's first published novel.

After the man whose proposal she had rejected returns from his long military tour at sea, Anne Elliot is forced to face the decision she had made eight years before, along with the man she has never stopped loving, in Jane Austen's final novel.

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Vor acht Jahren schlug Anne Elliot auf Anraten ihres Vaters den Heiratsantrag des jungen Heißsporns Frederick Wentworth aus und entschied sich für ein ruhiges Leben auf dem Familiengut. Doch fad schmeckt der Alltag in den Kreisen des Landadels, der in leerem Standesdünkel verharrt. Als sie dem inzwischen gereiften Frederick überraschend wiederbegegnet, bahnt sich nur zögerlich eine zarte Romanze an ... Jane Austens letzter Roman (1818) zeigt e...

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Highly prized not only for their light irony, humor and depiction of contemporary English country life, but also for their underlying serious qualities, Austen's works are regarded by many as some of the greatest novels ever written.

This Norton Critical Edition is the most extensively annotated student edition available. "Backgrounds" features material carefully chosen to enhance readers' appreciation of the novel, including biographical commentary, early works and correspondence related to Northanger Abbey, and excerpts by Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney, and William Wordsworth, among others, tracing Austen's connection to her Romantic contemporaries. "Criticism" collect...

Traducción de Marta Salís Lady Susan fue escrita entre 1793 y 1794. El argumento de esta obra debe mucho a la moral y a las convenciones del siglo XVIII: lady Susan, una viuda inteligente y bella, pero con pocos escrúpulos, está decidida a que su hija se case con un hombre al que detesta. Los Watsons es un fragmento de novela de gran interés, una chica pobre es cortejada por un hombre noble y rico, pero ella prefiere a otro.

The little girl performed her long journey in safety, and at Northampton was met by Mrs. Norris, who thus regaled in the credit of being foremost to welcome her, and in the importance of leading her in to the others, and recommending her to their kindness. Fanny Price was at this time just ten years old, and though there might not be much in her first appearance to captivate, there was, at least, nothing to disgust her relations. She was small...

Although the theme, together with the focus on character study and moral issues, is close to Austen's published work (Sense and Sensibility was also originally written in the epistolary form), its outlook is very different, and the heroine has few parallels in 19th-century literature. My Dear Brother, -- I can no longer refuse myself the pleasure of profiting by your kind invitation when we last parted of spending some weeks with you at Church...

Dependent on the benevolence of her aristocratic relatives, young Fanny Price develops into the moral center of a family gone astray and restores the tranquility of her adoptive home. Written in the full flower of Austen's maturity, this work offers an entertaining study of the interplay between manners, education, and ethics.