Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a 'heroine whom no one but myself will much like', but Emma is irresistible. 'Handsome, clever, and rich', Emma is also an 'imaginist', 'on fire with spe...
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new frie...
Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of po...
What does persuasion mean - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen's quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most ...
Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results.The diffident and much put-upon he...
When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy she is repelled by his overbearing pride, and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in need of financial security in the shape of husbands, so ...
Fantastyczna Jane Austen, czyli klasyka literatury opowiedziana na nowo! Gdy umiera pan Dashwood, jego żona i córki są zmuszone opuścić rodzinną posiadłość i zamieszkać w małym, skromnym dom...
Fantastyczna Jane Austen, czyli klasyka literatury opowiedziana na nowo! Emma Woodhouse jest ładna, mądra i bogata, i nie widzi powodu, dla którego miałaby kiedykolwiek wyjść za mąż. Kocha z...
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's classic novel of manne...
It is your turn to say something now, Mr Darcy.- I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.
A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen’s classic story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout.Emma Woodhouse is pretty, clever and rich, and se...
A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen’s classic story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout.When she was just nineteen, Anne Elliot followed the wi...
A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen’s best-known story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout.Elizabeth Bennet is the second eldest in a family of...
One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.Jane Austen's best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason, and above all the ...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also ...
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectabl...
Jane Austen is without question, one of England's most enduring and skilled novelists. With her wit, social precision, and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and belie...
When the Dashwood family estate passes to the eldest son John and his wife, Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret must find a new home. Moving to a cottage in Devonshire, t...
Osiem lat temu Anne uległa namowom, by nie wychodzić za mąż za kapitana Wentwortha. Teraz kapitan powrócił, bogaty, przystojny i… nadal nieżonaty.Podczas gdy w...
Mądra i pewna siebie Emma jest przekonana, że umie znaleźć idealnego męża dla swojej nowej przyjaciółki Harriet. Popełnia jednak jeden błąd za drugim i wreszcie zdaje sobie sprawę, że być mo...