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nacque a Steventon (Hampshire) nel 1775. Condusse una vita tranquilla, tra gli affetti familiari, a Bath e poi a Chawton, sempre nell’Hampshire. Si spense nel 1817 a Winchester. Di Jane Austen la Newton Compton ha pubblicato Mansfield Park, Persuasione, Orgoglio e pregiudizio, L’abbazia di Northanger, Emma, Lady Susan – I Watson – Sanditon, Ragione e sentimento e il volume unico Tutti i romanzi.
Sentido y sensibilidad. E-book. Formato EPUB Jane Austen - E-Bookarama, 2025 -
"Sentido y sensibilidad" fue la primera novela en publicarse de las siete que debemos a la gran escritora Jane Austen. Tras la muerte del señor Dashwood, su viuda y sus tres hijas, Elinor, Marianne y la pequeña Margaret, deben abandonar sus posesiones en Norland al heredar sólo el hijo mayor, fruto de un anterior matrimonio. Unos familiares las acogen en Barton Cottage, donde deberán aprender a vivir en condiciones mucho más modestas de las que conocieron. En medio de estas circunstancias, Elinor y Marianne descuben el amor. Marianne, más romántica, se abandona a los impulsos del corazón con sus incontenibles entusiasmos que desembocan en el desencanto y en la desesperación. Elinor, en cambio, sigue los dictámenes de la razón y mantiene un admirable dominio de sí misma al enfrentarse con sus sufrimientos amorosos.Pero más allá de esta historia de amor, nos encontramos también con un maravilloso y realista retrato del mundo que vivió la autora.La descripción del ambiente de la nobleza y de la burguesía rurales de la Inglaterra de fines del siglo XVIII, junto al refinamiento, ironía, delicadeza y una excelente pintura del alma y los sentimientos de sus personajes, convirtieron a Jane Austen en uno de los clásicos de la literatura inglesa, que hoy ha recobrado plena vigencia.
Sense and Sensibility. E-book. Formato EPUB Jane Austen - E-Bookarama, 2019 -
"Sense and Sensibility" is a novel by English author Jane Austen that was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811 and that became a classic. The satirical and comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood."Sense and Sensibility" is about the Dashwood family of Sussex, England. They live in comfort and luxury at their home, Norland, until the death of Mr. Henry Dashwood. His wife and three daughters suddenly lose almost everything. Although Elinor and Marianne, the two eldest daughters, are opposite in every way, they find love even in the midst of adversity and loss.At the beginning of the story, we see the Dashwood family right at the loss of Mr. Henry Dashwood. He leaves behind a wife and three daughters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, a younger sister of 13. As English law of the day dictates, women could not inherit property, and so all that the girls have known is bequeathed to Mr. Henry Dashwood's son from his first marriage, Mr. John Dashwood. John is fairly good-natured, but easily manipulated by his 'narrow-minded and selfish' wife. The three girls inherit a thousand pounds each, but they are dependent on John to provide for them any additional money they might need. However, John's wife, Fanny, slowly manipulates him into giving the girls very little on which to survive. This situation is the origin of the events to come...
Sense and Sensibility. E-book. Formato EPUB Jane Austen - E-Bookarama, 2017 -
"Sense and Sensibility" is a novel by Jane Austen that was published anonymously in three volumes in 1811 and that became a classic. The satirical and comic work offers a vivid depiction of 19th-century middle-class life as it follows the romantic relationships of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood.The story pivots on two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, personifications of good sense and sensibility (emotionality), respectively. They suddenly become destitute upon the death of their father, who leaves his home, Norland Park, not to them, their younger sister, and their mother but to their stepbrother, John. Although instructed to take good care of his sisters, John is dissuaded of his duty by his greedy wife, Fanny. The family moves to a modest home in Devonshire. The passionate and enthusiastic Marianne becomes infatuated with the attractive John Willoughby, who seems to be a romantic lover but is in reality an unscrupulous fortune hunter. He deserts her for an heiress, and she eventually makes a sensible marriage with Colonel Brandon, a staid and settled bachelor. Marianne’s older sister, the prudent and discreet Elinor, is constant toward her lover, Edward Ferrars, Fanny’s older brother, and, after some distressing events, marries him...The novel had a long period of gestation. It was initially begun in 1795–96, when Austen was but 19 years old, as a sketch entitled Elinor and Marianne, and she significantly revised it 1809. It was her first published novel, she paid to have it published, and it contained all of the elements of her trademark features to come: insightful observation, astute characterization, and dazzling wit. There has long been debate whether Austen favored one quality over the other—sense or sensibility—or whether she favored an equal dose of both as the best recipe for life.