Jane Austen Doppelband: Stolz und Vorurteil / Emma

by Jane Austen

The Queen of English Literature - Die zwei wichtigsten Romane von Jane Austen in diesem Doppelband.

Stolz und Vorurteil (Pride and Prejudice)
Stolz und Vorurteil bildet den Höhepunkt und Abschluss der ersten Schaffensphase von Jane Austen. Mit Ironie und scharfer Beobachtungsgabe behandelt Austen ein heikles Sozialthema der damaligen Zeit: die von den Eltern arrangierte Ehe. Erzählt wird die Geschichte Elizabeths, der zweitältesten von fünf unverheirateten Töchtern der Familie Bennet, deren Mutter stets darauf bedacht ist, geeignete Heiratskandidaten für ihre Töchter heranzuziehen. Sie wählt den neu in die Nachbarschaft gezogenen reichen Junggesellen Mr. Bingley als möglichen Ehemann für die älteste Tochter Jane aus. Die erste, die einen Heiratsantrag erhält, ist jedoch Elizabeth: Sie lehnt den Antrag von Mr. Collins, einem Pfarrer, ab, woraufhin dieser Elizabeths Freundin Charlotte Lucas ehelicht. Auch Mr. Darcy, ein Freund Bingleys, macht Elizabeth einen Antrag, den sie ebenfalls ablehnt. Auf dem Landsitz der Darcys treffen Elizabeth und Darcy erneut zusammen und kommen sich erst nach vielen Verwicklungen näher.

Emma
Emma gilt als eines der Hauptwerke von Jane Austen. Die kluge, selbstbewusste aber auch verwöhnte junge Emma Woodhouse lebt ein Leben ohne finanzielle Nöte. Um sich die Langeweile auf dem elterlichen Besitz zu vertreiben, versucht sie sich - mal recht, mal schlecht - als Arrangeurin zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen. Nicht selten intrigant und gegen die Opfer ihrer Bemühungen handelnd, erkennt sie ihr sinnloses Unterfangen, als sie selbst für den wahren Gentleman Mr. Knightley entflammt. Wie dumm, dass sie diesen ursprünglich für die schöne Harriet Smith vorgesehen hatte.

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1074 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2006

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

[⭐️Aisha☂️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

AAAAHHHH this was such an exciting book to read! An excellent comedy of manners that taught me so much about the Regency period and its intricate traditions.

I can't believe that I have been putting off this book for ages - It deserves all the praise that it gets! The lighthearted sarcasm in which the story is written makes for an entertaining critique of Austen's society.

I really enjoyed the abundance of characters and how each storyline ends up being interwoven into a big braid of events.

I just wish we could have experienced more interaction and dialogue between the two principal characters, as I was left longing for MORE

Will definitely be watching the movie adaptation to fill in these small gaps, however, this book turned out to be very dear to me and I will certainly be attached to it for a long time.

🌲👗💍💌🖋📖🏡💄👞

[Toad Soup · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK IS SO SEXY!!! 10/10 sexiest books in the world, I get why everyone loves Darcy but her dad??? Mama Mia… if I were Mrs. Bennet, I’d be hiding that one…

[Jessica Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

I couldn’t tell you what I just read. I zoned out like 95% of this book. I started off into it but it just slowly became static to my brain. I’m not focused enough for this sort of literature.

[JoReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having read four books by Jane Austen, I have to say that Emma is my favourite so far, I love Pride and Prejudice but I think because I know the plot so well that Emma was much more enjoyable. I think that a character list would help Jane's books alot as there are so many and sometimes they are referred to either their first or last name. And I have to confess that I got the brothers mixed up at first, as they both were Mr. Knightley.

[Clara Tessier · Rating 5 out of 5]

lovely, nothing crazy, but classic.

[Raluca]

Sooo nice :) 2 beautiful books...good stories, love stories, charactrs... :) aww