Ergebnis für "Lady Susan" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning actress Emilia Fox who is best known for her starring role in the long running BBC drama Silent Witness. She has also won acclaim for her performances in Strangers, Pride and Prejudice and Delicious. This definitive...

Lady Susan was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed. Less known than Austen's six great later novels, it demonstrates the wit and sharp observations of Jane Austen - and is shown at its best in audiobook form, with different actresses presenting real characters as they read their letters.

Lady Susan charms everyone she meets - particularly the men - and is keen on toying with emotions for her own amusement. The novel, told in letters between various characters, follows Lady Susan’s escapades and influences on her family, and the affects that her presences has on their individual trysts and ties to one another.

Written in epistolary form, this novella follows the manipulative behavior of Lady Susan Vernon, a scheming widow intent on securing a financial future for herself and also, rather begrudgingly, her teenage daughter, Frederica. Her sister-in-law, Catherine de Courcey, is none too pleased with Lady Susan's sudden arrival as Susan herself had tried to prevent Catherine's marriage to her beloved Charles.

Three bestselling authors. Two delightful novels. One terrific collection! From Julia Quinn, author of the Bridgerton series, now streaming on Netflix—writing along with close friends and popular authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes THE LADIES MOST… a duo of cleverly crafted...

Lady Susan is a short, epistolary novel by Jane Austen. Lady Susan Vernon is a selfish, attractive, and unscrupulous woman, who tries to trap the best possible husband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. As a widow, she seeks a match for herself, as well as husband-hunting for her daughter. Lady Susan is not only beautiful but intelligent and witty; she's highly attractive to men and her suitors are always significantly younger.

Lady Susan, a clever and ruthless widow, determines that her shy and intimidated teenaged daughter will going to marry a man whom both detest but who will make a good financial "catch". Lady Susan sets her own sights on her sister-in-law's brother, all the while keeping an old affair simmering on the back burner.

From Julia Quinn, the author of Bridgerton—along with close friends and bestselling authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes a thrilling tale of a snow-bound party in a Scottish castle. And You’re Invited! When Laird Taran Ferguson’s nephews refuse to find brides, he takes matters...

Et must for Jane Austen elskere: Jane Austen's Lady Susan i nyoversættelse samt hendes to ufuldendte romaner: The Watsons og Sanditon, som nu for første gang foreligger på dansk. Helt på højde med hendes store romaner i karaktertegning og miljøbeskrivelse. De tre tekster repræsenterer Jane Austen i tre forskellige perioder af hendes forfatterliv, hvor hun eksperimenterer med forskellige litterære stilarter fra melodrama til satire og udforsker flere sociale klasser og scenerier.

Jane Austen commenced writing in her adolescence and continued right up to her untimely death in 1817. Her novels are reflections of the socially constricted world in which she lived, and the plots are built around the search of one or more young women for a suitable spouse. Austen’s works are...

London 1850... Keely Smithjohn trägt zwar den Titel einer Lady, ist aber nicht sehr ehrenwert. Sie ist eine kleine Diebin und kommt in den Besitz eines kostbaren Collier, das dem Duke of Daventry gehören soll. Als sie Gideon Darksett kennenlernt, wird ihr sofort klar, dass hier wesentlich mehr zu holen ist. Der Duke lädt sie auf sein Anwesen ein, ohne zu wissen, wen er sich da ins Haus holt. Oder doch und der spielt mit Keely ein Spiel, bei dem sie ihr Herz verliert?