Mansfield Park: Jane Austen (Vintage Classics Austen Series) - Softcover

Austen, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099589281 ISBN 13: 9780099589280

Verlag: Random House UK, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AMANDA VICKERYThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion. 'The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal' Virginia WoolfFanny Price's rich relatives offer her a place in their home so that she can be properly brought up., However, Fanny's childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her position. Her only ally is her cousin Edmund. When her cousins befriend two glamorous new young people who have arrived in the area, Henry and Mary Crawford, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary and Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has never experienced before.

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Críticas:

"Full of the energies of discord - sibling rivalry, greed, ambition, illicit sexual passion, and vanity" (Margaret Drabble)

"Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire" (J.K. Rowling)

"Jane Austen at her most genteelly ascerbic" (The Times)

"Austen looks at her world with a cool, undressing gaze...she is a formidable opponent of hypocrisy and sentimentality" (Observer)

"Who needs eReaders when book publishers are repackaging classic tales in beautiful covers like these? ... Perfect for fans of the author" (Bella)

Contraportada:

"The most perfect artist among women, the writer whose books are immortal." -Virginia Woolf

Fanny Price's rich relatives offer her a place in their home so that she can be properly brought up. However, Fanny's childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her place. Her only ally is her cousin Edmund. When her cousins befriend two glamorous new young people who have arrived in the area, Henry and Mary Crawford, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary and Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has never experienced before.

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• Verlag: Random House UK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0099589281
• ISBN 13: 9780099589280
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512