Jane Austen

'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much ' Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love

Three teenage sisters (and their mother) are turned out of their home by their own step-brother after the death of their shared father, with only a small income upon which to live and, with any luck, secure husbands. Published in 1811, the world of Sense and Sensibility is the world in which Jane Austen lived, observed and wrote, highlighting some of the social injustices of Regency England through the eyes of private, thoughtful Elinor and the passionate, willful Marianne. Sense and Sensibility is a worthy, witty precursor to Austen

Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love

Orgueil et pr jug s est le plus connu des six romans achev s de Jane Austen. Son histoire, sa question, est en apparence celle d'un mariage: l'h ro ne, la vive et ironique Elizabeth Bennett qui n'est pas riche, aimera-t-elle le h ros, le riche et orgueilleux Darcy ? Si oui, en sera-t-elle aim e ? Si oui encore, l' pousera-t-elle ? Mais il appara t clairement qu'il n'y a en fait qu'un h ros qui est l'h ro ne, et que c'est par elle, en elle et pour elle que tout se passe.