Jane Austen is one of the most beloved authors in English literature. Her work, which comprises only six novels – Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion – has been translated across the world and adapted for film, TV and theatre. Incredibly witty and observant of the social mores of her time, Austen continues to charm readers across generations.
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Pride & Prejudice
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From Chawton House
Jane Austen’s Reading List
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Lizzie Dunford
On the First Edition of Pride & Prejudice
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HM Queen Camilla
Visits Jane Austen House
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Jennifer Ehle
Reads Pride & Prejudice
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Lizzie Dunford
On Mary Pearson’s Miniature
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Jane Austen vs Emily Brontë, The Queens of English Literature Debate
Intelligence Squared
Lyme Park
Cheshire
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From Chawton House
Jane Austen’s Reading List
Tom Lefroy
Jane Austen’s Love Interest
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Sense & Sensibility and Emma
Windsor Castle Library
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Lizzie Dunford
On the Letter to James Stanier Clarke
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From Pride & Prejudice
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On Jane Austen
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Pride & Prejudice
While Mrs Bennet wishes nothing better for her daughters than the prospect of an advantageous marriage, her daughter Elizabeth thinks otherwise. When the wealthy and eligible bachelor Mr Bingley moves into the neighbourhood, he soon becomes attached to Elizabeth’s sister Jane. His companion Fitzwilliam Darcy, on the contrary, appears arrogant and conceited to Elizabeth. But she will learn the dangers of judging from first impressions… A masterful comedy of manners which told one of literature’s most enduring love stories whilst wittingly satirising English society and its social conventions.
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