austen, jane

Presents the complete text of Jane Austen's classic novel in which young, well-to-do, and bored Emma Woodhouse learns a thing or two about true class--and love--after an eventful turn as a matchmaker, and includes a comprehensive study guide with explanations and discussions of the plot, question and answer sections, a list of characters, and a short biography of Jane Austen.

This book uses infographics to present the life, work, and legacy of 19th century British novelist, Jane Austen.

In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters. Includes commentary on literary and historical context as well as allusion and language.

"Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists. Now it's home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy. These people--a laborer, a young widow, the local doctor, and a movie star, among others--could not be more different and yet they are united in their love for the works and words of Austen. As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society"--Provided by publisher.

"Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth were born just four years apart, in the 1770s, in a world torn between heady revolutionary ideas and fierce conservatism, and both were influenced by the Romantic ideals of Dorothy's brother, William Wordsworth, and his friends. This book compares their upbringing and education, home lives and loves and, above all, their emotional and creative worlds."--OCLC.

"Emma Woodhouse is a genius at math, but clueless about people. After all, people are unreliable. They let you down--just like Emma's sister, Izzy did this year, when she moved to California for college. But numbers...those you can count on. (No pun intended.) Emma's senior year is going to be all about numbers, and seeing how far they can take her. When she and George, her Coding Club copresident, are tasked with brainstorming a new project, The Code for Love is born--a matchmaking app that goes far beyond swiping, using algorithms to calculate compatibility. George disapproves of Emma's idea, accusing her of meddling in people's lives. But all the happy new couples at school are proof that the app works. At least at first. Emma's code is flawless. So why is it that perfectly matched couples start breaking up, the wrong people keep falling for each other and her own feelings defy any algorithm? Emma thought math could solve everything. But there's nothing more complex--or unpredictable--than love"--Provided by the publisher.

Contains entries that provide information on people, places, events, and objects mentioned in the works of eighteenth-century English novelist Jane Austen; arranged alphabetically from M to Z, with a time line, bibliography, and index.

On Christmas Eve of 1814 a courier at a holiday gathering ends up dead under mysterious circumstances, prompting guest Jane Austen to investigate.

Contains the complete text of "Pride and Prejudice," accompanied by over 2,300 annotations on facing pages, including explanations of historical context; citations from Jane Austen's life, letters, and other writings; definitions and clarifications; literary comments and analysis; maps and illustrations; and a chronology of events.