{"title":"Jane Austen","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"pride-and-prejudice","title":"Pride and Prejudice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1813, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Elizabeth Bennet, one of five daughters in a family whose future depends upon the uncertain prospects of marriage. When the wealthy Mr Bingley arrives in the neighbourhood with his reserved friend Mr Darcy, a series of encounters, misunderstandings and shifting impressions begins to unsettle the social world of the Bennets. Elizabeth’s lively intelligence and independence bring her into conflict with Darcy’s pride, while questions of money, reputation and social standing shape the choices available to them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith remarkable wit and psychological precision, Jane Austen turns the rituals of courtship into a searching examination of class, gender, self-knowledge and the limits of first impressions. Her portrait of provincial society is at once affectionate and sharply critical, animated by some of the most enduring characters in English fiction. A defining novel of manners and one of the great works of the nineteenth-century canon, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains a triumph of irony, dialogue and social observation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Jane Austen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Walter Scott, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJournal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 14 March 1826\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64183610835274,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"sense-and-sensibility","title":"Sense and Sensibility","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1811, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, whose lives are unsettled when their father’s death leaves them with little fortune and forces them to leave their family home at Norland Park. As they enter a world governed by money, inheritance and marriage, the sisters encounter affection and disappointment in very different ways: Elinor meets uncertainty with restraint, while Marianne gives herself wholly to the intensity of feeling. Their contrasting temperaments shape a story of love, loyalty and the difficult art of understanding both oneself and others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAusten’s first published novel is at once a subtle comedy of manners and a searching study of emotional life, questioning whether reason and sensibility are truly opposing forces. With her characteristic irony, she exposes the financial precariousness of women and the social conventions that govern their choices, while giving her characters a complexity that reaches beyond their apparent roles. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e established many of the concerns that would define Austen’s fiction, and remains a richly observed portrait of the negotiations between feeling, judgement and social expectation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem and love.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Jane Austen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The characters are happily delineated and admirably sustained.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— The British Critic, 1812\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64184064213322,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"emma","title":"Emma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in December 1815, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e centres on Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy, intelligent young woman who, having little need to concern herself with marriage, takes pleasure in arranging the romantic lives of those around her. In the village of Highbury, she makes a project of finding a suitable match for her new friend Harriet Smith, confidently interpreting the affections and intentions of her neighbours while remaining blind to her own. Her schemes bring a succession of misunderstandings, delicate embarrassments and unexpected revelations, observed throughout by the perceptive and often exasperated Mr Knightley.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith extraordinary subtlety, Jane Austen explores the hazards of self-deception, the limits of social knowledge and the quiet education of a young woman accustomed to having her own way. Emma’s imperfections make her one of Austen’s most compelling heroines, while the intricate narrative, rich with irony and finely observed conversation, reveals the comedy and constraints of provincial society. 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When her former love, Captain Frederick Wentworth, returns to her circle, now prosperous and distinguished in the Navy, Anne must confront the feelings she has long kept private. Against the backdrop of changing fortunes, naval life and the rituals of English society, Austen traces the delicate movement from estrangement towards renewed understanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe last novel Austen completed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has a quieter, more autumnal atmosphere than her earlier comedies, with a depth of feeling shaped by memory, regret and the passage of time. Anne is among her most mature heroines: observant, steadfast and inwardly independent, yet constrained by the expectations placed upon women. A moving meditation on constancy and second chances, the novel is also notable for its sympathetic portrayal of the Navy and its subtle challenge to inherited rank and social authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“All the privilege I claim for my own sex […] is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone!”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Jane Austen, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It deserves its position by its innovative treatment of passion and rhetorical style.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Janet Todd, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64184399626570,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"northanger-abbey","title":"Northanger Abbey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published posthumously in December 1817, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Catherine Morland, a lively and rather inexperienced young woman whose love of Gothic fiction shapes her expectations of the world. Taken to Bath for a season of dances, new acquaintances and social discoveries, she befriends the charming Isabella Thorpe and meets the witty Henry Tilney, before an invitation to his family home sets her imagination running. At Northanger Abbey, Catherine begins to suspect that the house conceals dark secrets, but the realities she encounters prove more complicated than the terrors of her favourite novels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in the late 1790s and revised years later, Austen’s earliest completed novel is both a playful coming-of-age story and a spirited defence of fiction, particularly the Gothic novels so often dismissed by contemporary critics. With affectionate irony, she explores the influence of reading, the difference between appearance and reality, and the education of a young woman learning to judge character for herself. 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