Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results, re-examining her own feelings while enduring the cheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference and priggish disapproval of those around her. ... |
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Born into a poor family, Fanny Price is raised amid the daunting splendour of Mansfield Park by her rich uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Treated as an inferior by most of the family, Fanny forms a close attachment to her cousin Edmund, the only person to show her kindness. With the departure of her uncle to the West Indies and the arrival from London of the fashionable Henry and Mary Crawford, flirtation and romantic intrigue abound. As Fanny becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the conduct of her companions, she finds herself isolated and forced to face the conflict between her sense of integrity and social expectation. ... |
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Федерален агент Арън Фолк се завръща в градчето Марали Вали, дълбоко в австралийската провинция, за кръщенето на новородения син на приятеля си Грег Рако. Мистериозните случаи обаче не спират да го преследват дори по време на почивка. През уикенда се навършва година от изчезването на Ким Гилеспи. В една топла пролетна нощ, по време на популярния местен фестивал на храната и виното, тя завива спящото в количката си бебе, оставя го до виенското колело и изчезва в тълпата. Оттогава никой не я е виждал. Разследващите намират маратонката ѝ в язовира, но така и не разкриват какво се е случило с младата жена. Фолк решава ... |
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Superb novel, autumnal and mellow in tone, concerns the lives and loves of the Elliot family and their friends and relatives, in particular the thwarted romance between Anne Elliot ( Austen's sweetest, most appealing heroine) and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Finely drawn characters, gentle satire and wonderful recreation of genteel life in the English countryside. ... |
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Лейди Сюзан е чаровна, изящна и остроумна. Природата щедро я е надарила с всичко необходимо, за да осъществи користолюбивите си стремежи. Дамата не се спира пред нищо, за да се добере до богатство и положение в обществото. Тя е в центъра на поредица от събития, балове и срещи, а настъпилата неочаквана развръзката доказва, че в този свят има възмездие и справедливост... Въпреки, че самата Джейн Остин скромно описва работата си като "малкото парченце слонова кост, не по-голямо от няколко сантиметра, което обработвам с толкова нежна четка, че въпреки огромните ми усилия, резултатът е почти незабележим", ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical. It follows the story of Anne Elliott, who as a teenager, was engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's fortunes are floundering. Will their past regrets prevent them from finding future ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Nigel Cliff. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Aged ten, Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthier relations, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. However, life there is not as she imagined. Treated with disdain by three of her cousins, she finds her only comfort in the kindness of the fourth, Edmund. As they grow, their friendship develops into romantic love - until the arrival of Henry Crawford and his charming sister Mary causes an emotional upheaval that no one in the family expects. With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly ... |
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Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. ... |
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This book is in British English. ... England - 1802. Catherine Morland visits the city of Bath with Mr. and Mrs. Allen. She meets the Tilneys and falls in love with Henry Tilney. The Tilneys invite Catherine to their home, Northanger Abbey. Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. ... |
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Una aventura de extraterrestres en la que un chico malo se lleva una sorpresa. El extraterrestre PB3 y la robot Robina quieren fruta y verdura para su planeta. Guille ayuda a sus nuevos amigos, y descubre que una sustancia verde del espacio le puede ayudar contra un chico malo del colegio. Vocabulario: Fruta y verdura, Colores, El tiempo. Gramática: Presente de indicativo (verbos regulares e irregulares), Verbos ser y estar, hace impersonal, hay impersonal, Verbo tener, Artículos determinados e indeterminados. 200 palabras. Temas: Aventura, Amistad, Valentía. En el libro encontrarás: Juegos y ... |
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Книгата е част от поредицата "Клуб Класика" на издателство "Хермес". ... "Въздействие" - последният и най-зрял роман на Джейн Остин! Ан Елиът, красивата и изтънчена дъщеря на суетен и разточителен баронет, е проявила лошия вкус да се влюби в беден моряк, чиято единствена препоръка са личните му качества. Това не може да се допусне! Осем години по-късно Ан все още тъгува по изгубената любов. И изведнъж се появява той - преуспял и свободен, готов да се обвърже с всяка жена, освен с онази, която го е отблъснала. Но лесно ли се забравя истинската любов? Когато си срещнал жената на мечтите ... |
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Adaptation and activities by Elizabeth Ferretti. ... The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged. They both meet the man of their dreams, but will they find true happiness? Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's classic story of two sisters who have a lot to learn about love. Syllabus: Pronouns, Adjectives, Comparative and superlative forms, Adverbs, Connectives, Verb tenses, Verb forms and patterns, Conditional sentences, Types of clause: Defining relative clauses with which, that, zero pronoun, Time clauses introduced by when, ... |
