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Austen, Jane Black, Maggie. Fabiny, Sarah Midorikawa, Emily Pliscou, Lisa Santoni, ManuelaAusten, Jane
Summary: Elizabeth Bennett's early determination to dislike Mr. Darcy is a prejudice only matched by his arrogant pride.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble Classics 2003
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Summary: The story centres on the personalities of the two sisters, whose contrasting temperaments are examined as they undergo comparable experiences in the loss of the men they love, it rejoices also in a wealth of minor characters such as the comic Mrs Jennings and Sir John and Lady Middleton, drawn with consummate satiric skill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2003
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Summary: "Emma, perhaps the most technically accomplished of all of Austen's novels, is also, after Pride and Prejudice, her most popular one. Its numerous film and television adaptations testify to the world's enduring affection for the headstrong, often misguided Emma Woodhouse and her many romantic schemes. Like the previous volumes in Harvard's celebrated annotated Austen series, Emma: An Annotated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2012
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Summary: Charmingly imperfect Catherine Morland is invited to Northanger Abbey, the home of new friends. Hearing exaggerated reports of her wealth, the head of household General Tilney encourages a marriage between his son Henry and Catherine. Before matters can be settled, Catherine must learn to distinguish between books and real life, false friends and true.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2003
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Summary: "Sense and Sensibility (1811) marked the auspicious debut of a novelist identified only as 'A Lady.' Jane Austen's name has since become as familiar as Shakespeare's, and her tale of two sisters has lost none of its power to delight. Patricia Meyer Spacks guides readers to a deeper appreciation of the richness of Austen's delineation of her heroines, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, as they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Content with her life and not interested in marriage, Emma Woodhouse, a rich and beautiful heiress, causes complications with her matchmaking schemes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2009
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Summary: "Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author. Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB AUSTEN SPINDLESantoni, Manuela
Summary: "Before she was the beloved author of Pride and Prejudice and other classic novels, Jane Austen was a young woman wrestling with society's expectations and challenges of the heart. Her own story involves choices that changed literary history--and perhaps even the choice to walk away from love. This graphic imagining of Jane Austen's youth includes her creative awakening and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 921 AUSPliscou, Lisa
Summary: Colorful illustrations introduce the life and achievements of the nineteenth century novelist, revealing how her refusal to settle for the status quo led her to create some of the world's most beloved works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company 2018
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Summary: Jane Austen wrote her novels in the midst of a large and sociable family. Brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews, friends and acquaintances were always coming and going, and eating and drinking. Fortunately one of Jane's dearest friends,Martha Lloyd, lived with the family for many years and recorded in her "Household Book" over 100 recipes enjoyed by the Austens. This family fare, tested and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: British Museum Press 2002
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Summary: Male literary friendships are the stuff of legend, but the world's most celebrated female authors are usually mythologized as solitary eccentrics or isolated geniuses. Friends Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney prove this wrong, thanks to their investigations into a wealth of surprising collaborations, such as the friendships between George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe or Virginia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017