HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself…’Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for...
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself…’Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for...
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself…’Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for...
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself…’Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for...
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself…’Beautiful, rich, self-assured and witty, Emma Woodhouse delights in matchmaking those around her, with no apparent care for her own romantic life. Taking young Harriet Smith under her wing, Emma sets her sights on finding a suitable match for her friend. Chided for...
Романы Джейн Остин стали особенно популярны в ХХ веке, когда освобожденные и равноправные женщины всего мира массово влились в ряды читающей публики. Оказалось, что в книгах британской девицы, никогда не выходившей замуж и не покидавшей родной Хэмпшир, удивительным образом сочетаются достоинства настоящей литературы с особенностями дамского романа: это истории любви и замужества, но написанные столь иронично, наблюдательно и живо, что их по праву считают классикой английского реализма. «Гордость...
В начале XIX века английская писательница Джейн Остен (1775–1817) писала свои романы с изяществом, глубиной и мудростью, которые избавили жанр романа от клейма «несерьезности» и научили многие поколения читателей и писателей тому, что книге, чтобы быть глубокой, не требуется напыщенная монументальность. Иронизируя, Джейн Остен превращала повседневность в книги. На протяжении уже двух столетий с ней – автором и персонажем истории мировой литературы – сверяют себя и читатели, и писатели. ...
The final novel by the acclaimed writer places heroine Anne Elliot, a woman of integrity and deep emotion, against the brutality and hypocrisy of Regency England.
