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At the age of ten, Frances 'Fanny' Prince is sent to live with her uncle and aunt in Northamptonshire, where she is treated distantly be everyone but her cousin Edmund. One of Austen's most moral and good-hearted protagonists, Fanny is as loving and nurturing as she is an astutre judge of character, When the Crawford siblings enter their lives, Fanny seems to be the only one unaffecte by their …
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- 9789391348953
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- 490 p. ; 21 cm.
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Emma
Set in the fictitious village of Highbury, Jane Austen's Emma is the story of a clever, albeit spoilt, woman -- Emma Woodhouse, who lives with her father. Emma is not an instantly likeable girl; at first glance, she seems rather selfish and arrogant. The world around her, however, caters to her whims and fancies for the most part, except one Mr. Knightley, who is frank in his judgement and opin…
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- 9789391348892
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- 476 p. ; 21 cm.
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Persuasion
Jane Austen's final finished novel, Persuasion tells the story of two people -- Anne Elliot and Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth -- who were once bethrothed and in love but parted ways under unfortunate circumstances. Eight years later, their paths cross again -- but shrouded in feelings of regret and bitterness. Amidst endless distractions and hurdles, will Anne and Frederick find their way to…
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- 9789391348427
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- 250 p. ; 21 cm.
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- SS F AUS p
Sandition and other tales
Sandition was written in the last months of Austen's life and was left unfinished at the same time of her death in 1817. Aet in a seaside town, it is an amusing tale of hypochondriacs, mixed with family drama and a whiff of romance. Written as a series of letters, Lady Susan, is the tale of a cunning coquette whose shenanigans display a lack of regards for anyone, even her own daughter. Another…
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- 9789391348748
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- 218 p. ; 21 cm.
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Sense and sensibility
Jane Austen's first published novel, Sense and Sensibility is the story of two sisters -- Elinore and Marianne. Each siste embodies a unique set of traits; Elinore is sense, dicrete and sound judgment; while Marianne is sensibility, emotional and impulsive. Through the lives and adventures of the two sisters in matters of love and relationships, Austen captures the need for both sense and sensi…
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- 9789391348908
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- 374 p. ; 21 cm.
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Northanger abbey
Published posthumously, Northanger Abbey is , in fast, Jane Austen's first novel. The shortest of her works, it is also the wittiest -- a light-hearted satire of Gothic novels, which were wuire rage at the time. There is the seventeen-years-old Catherine Morland, who loves such books and readily believes such mysterious and dark events to be afoot in her own world. There is John Thrope -- vain …
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- 9789391348977
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- 245 p. ; 21 cm.
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Wide sargasso sea
Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness.
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- 9780140818031
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- xvii, 168 p. ; 20 cm.
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- Penguin student edition
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The woman warrior
An account of growing up female and Chinese-American in California
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- 9780679721888
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- 209 p. ; 22 cm.
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- SS 979 KIN w
The corrections
After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to…
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- 312984294
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- 567 p. ; 24 cm.
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- Oprah's book club
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- A F FRA c
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