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"After many years of happy marriage, Emma Knightley and her husband are throwing a house party, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances-not all of whom are well known to the Knightleys but are certainly beloved by every Jane Austen fan: Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Marianne and Colonel Brandon, Anne and Captain Wentworth, and Fanny and Edmund Bertram. Very much not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted...
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Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas' relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Jane's mother also...
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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In Jane Austen's works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters and places are as rich in subtle meaning as her prose itself. Wiltshire, for example, the home county of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey, is a clue that this heroine is not as stupid as she seems: according to legend, cunning Wiltshire residents caught hiding contraband in a pond capitalized on a reputation for ignorance by claiming they were...
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Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"A fan of Jane Austen's novels, Emma Pierce is ready to fall in love with her Mr. Darcy. But then she falls in love with her ex-boyfriend's brother and learns that maybe romance isn't quite as easy Jane promised her it would be"--Provided by publisher.
Ever since Emma read Pride and Prejudice, she's been in love with Mr. Darcy and has regarded Jane Austen as the expert on all things romantic. So naturally when Emma falls for Blake Hampton and he...
6) Sanditon
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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A spirited young woman leaves behind her life at her rural home and moves to Sanditon, a fishing village looking to re-establish itself as a seaside resort town.
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Plum Blatchley's real name is Patience, but with an older sister like Ginnywho faints dramatically on couches when she gets anything lower than an A minuspatience is not a virtue in Plum's repertoire. In fact, her repertoire is missing a lot. Even though their late father was an acclaimed novelist, Plum knows only Ginny got the genius genes. Plum's skills are limited to quoting costume dramas, tricking the cat into eating his heartworm...
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BBC; British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Sense & Sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters lear that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find...
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Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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This Revised and Expanded Edition contains hundreds of new notes and illustrations. The first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels in the world is a sheer delight for Jane Austen fans. Here is the complete text of Pride and Prejudice with thousands of annotations on facing pages, including: • Explanations of historical context Rules of etiquette, class differences, the position of women, legal and economic realities, leisure...
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Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Twenty-six years have passed since the death of Jane Austen. Armed with a lock of Austen's hair as perhaps her best clue, Anne Sharp, former governess to the Austen family and Jane's close friend, has decided at least to tell her story -- a story of family intrigues, shocking secrets, forbidden loves, and maybe even murder.
11) Miss Austen
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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""A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts." -Karen Joy Fowler For fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane. Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting...
12) Emma
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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In 1800s England, a well-meaning young woman meddles in the romantic relationships of those around her.
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