A book of cutting social observation that invests seemingly trivial events with profound moral significance for the heroine, Emma, as she makes her way through a gentle satire of provincial balls and drawing rooms. Ultimately Emma discovers that perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.
Presents Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey", which collects her reflections on the nature of novels, their heroines, and their readers, with biographical commentary, selections from other writers, and critical essays.
A memoir in which Lori Smith discusses her experiences following the footsteps of author Jane Austen throughout England, a journey that gave her insights into the value of an ordinary life and provided her with relief from her own physical and mental struggles.
In a series of journal entries, Jenny Cooper describes her stay with cousin Jane Austen in the 1790s, and her entrance into Jane's world of beautiful dresses, dances, secrets, gossip, and romance.
Thirty-something New Yorker, Jane Hayes, who is obsessed with Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice," is gifted a vacation to an estate where fans are transported back in time and actors pretend to be characters from Austen novels; and things get confusing when she blurs the line between fiction and reality by becoming attracted to two of the actors.
Excerpts from the writings of Jane Austen offer insight into her views on a variety of subjects, including marriage, education, fashion, friendship, pride, poverty, and love.
