Download or read book Jane Austen pocket GIANTS written by Caroline Sanderson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's something about Jane... Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never had children, lived all her life in the south of England and rarely strayed far from the genteel and orthodox social circle into which she was born. She completed only six novels, and achieved little fame in her lifetime. Yet 200 years after her death, she remains one of our most revered writers, and one of the most regularly adapted for television and film. Her novels are beloved by readers all over the world who continue to be inspired, beguiled and delighted by her often comic, and always shrewd insights into the calculations, and complexities of human hearts and minds. This short biography aims to get to the heart of the enigmatic woman who was Jane Austen, and to the enduring qualities in her work which make it so universally loved and admired.
Download or read book Jane Austen written by Caroline Sanderson and published by History Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen lived just into her forties, rarely strayed from the genteel social circle into which she was born, wrote only six novels, and achieved little fame in her lifetime. Yet 200 years after her death her novels are beloved by readers all over the world who continue to be inspired, beguiled and delighted by her insights into the calculations, and complexities of human hearts and minds. This astute biography gets to the quick of the enigmatic woman who was Jane Austen, and to the enduring qualities in her work which make it so universally loved and admired."
Download or read book Wellington pocket GIANTS written by Gary Sheffield and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wellington is a giant because he was one of the greatest military commanders in British history, an important figure in the emergence of Britain as a great imperial power, a man who dominated British society and politics for 35 years. He was the only one of Napoleon's contemporaries who can be mentioned in the same breath as a general - a master of logistics, politics and coalition warfare as well as strategy, operations and tactics. The book's focus is on Wellington's military career, and it looks at all of these aspects, placing them in the context of the military and political developments of the time. It explores Wellington's personality – a key to understanding his success - and briefly examines his post-Waterloo career as a politician. It concludes that Wellington was not only a military genius, but an icon whose fame endures to our own time.
Download or read book Jane Austen Novelist written by Caroline Sanderson and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Austen is one of Britains most infamous female authorswith most of this fame being acquired posthumously. With six novels in her repertoire, Austens works have been adapted for both film and television and have been critiqued by scholars and studied by students for decades. Most recently, Austen has been a source of spin-offs and commercializationa relevant author despite more two hundred years separating her life from the present. This book features correspondence between Austen and her family as well as the musings of Austen scholars about the authors life and work.
Download or read book The Jane Austen Pocket Bible written by Holly Ivins and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides you through Austen's beloved novels, explaining Regency manners, the class system, the importance of inheritance, and the delicate matter of landing a husband. Full of fascinating trivia this book also discusses Austen's life as well as the many film and television adaptations.
Download or read book The Complete Novels of Jane Austen written by Jane Austen and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tiny Book of Jane Austen Tiny Book written by Insight Editions and published by Insight Editions. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep Jane Austen’s signature wit right in your pocket with The Tiny Book of Jane Austen. In this delightfully tiny book, discover literary icon Jane Austen’s famous wit and wisdom. Whether delivering powerful dialogue through characters like Elizabeth Bennet and Emma Woodhouse or powerful sociopolitical commentary in her letters, Jane Austen has been dazzling readers with exceptional intelligence and humor for more than two centuries. The Tiny Book of Jane Austen is packed with memorable quotes from one of the most influential writers of all time and is perfect for every Jane Austen fan.
Download or read book The Lost Books of Jane Austen written by Janine Barchas and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly innovative and occasionally irreverent, this book will appeal in equal measure to book historians, Austen fans, and scholars of literary celebrity.
Download or read book Jane Austen Sewn Pocket Notebook Collection Set of 3 written by Insight Editions and published by Insights. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful set of three linen-textured, pocket notebooks will inspire you with Jane Austen’s immeasurable wit and wisdom—perfect for any ardent fan. Featuring iconic quotes from Love and Friendship and Emma, this pocket notebook collection includes 64 pages each and makes the perfect gift for anyone wanting to celebrate their love for the works and words of Jane Austen.
Download or read book Catalog of Reprints in Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters written by Jane Austen and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestseller An uproarious tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem inspired by the classic Jane Austen novel—from the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, 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 that are forever snapping at their heels? This masterful portrait of Regency England blends Jane Austen’s biting social commentary with ultraviolent depictions of sea monsters biting. It’s survival of the fittest—and only the swiftest swimmers will find true love!
Download or read book Catalog of Reprints in Series written by Robert Merritt Orton and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Bronte Sisters written by Charlotte Brontë and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the novels Jane Eyre, Villette, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Download or read book Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To coincide with the launch of The Austen Project this is a beautiful pocket-sized hardback collection of Jane Austen's timeless novels - the perfect gift for Austen fans everywhere. 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.' Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage and society in class-conscious Georgian England still delights modern readers today with its comedy and characters. It follows the feisty, quick-witted Elizabeth Bennet from her first meeting with the eligible Mr Darcy, as her parents seek to ensure good marriages for her and her sisters.
Download or read book The History of Henry Esmond Esq written by William Makepeace Thackeray and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
