Любовь и дружба

by Jane Austen, Джейн Остен

В сборник вошли ранние произведения классика английской литературы Джейн Остен (1775- 1817). Яркие, искрометные, остроумные, они были созданы писательницей, когда ей исполнилось всего 17 лет. В первой пробе пера юного автора чувствуется блеск и изящество таланта будущей "Несравненной Джейн".
Предисловие к сборнику написано большим почитателем Остен, выдающимся английским писателем Г.К.Честертоном. На русском языке издается впервые.

Genres: Classics

192 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but brought her little fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies. Her novels have also inspired many films, including 1940's Pride and Prejudice, 1995's Sense and Sensibility and 2016's Love & Friendship.

Reviews

[Kate Tolokolnikova · Rating 4 out of 5]

От я і прочитала останню книжку з доробку Джейн Остін, яку довго притримувала "на потім". Не раз чула, що ранні твори письменниці слабенькі в порівнянні з її романами. Але несподівано отримала від цих трьох епістолярних історій багато задоволення.

[Марина Воробйова · Rating 2 out of 5]

Джейн Остін — безперечно, королева класичної літератури, але вкотре переконуюся, що її стиль не для мене. Ця книга містить сатиру та іронію, властиву авторці, але історії здалися мені не надто захопливими. Персонажі й події виглядають перебільшеними, а сюжет не викликав особливих емоцій. Класика, яку я, на жаль, не змогла полюбити.