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I will talk to you about the most famous book of Jane Austen : Pride and prejudice appeared in 1813. I think that the plot is quite complicated, so I won't tell you everything about it, I prefere that you read it and discover it by yourself. I will just summarize it. It's a love story between Elizabeth Bennet “Lizzie” and Mister Darcy a rich man. The the story takes place at Netherfield, a small town in the south-England. The Bennets are a family of five daughters. the priority of their mother

THE CHARACTERS Juliet Ashton Juliet is the main character of the The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, the one whose point on view on the other characters is the most given and whose point of view we hence adopt. She is 32 years old; she has curly chestnut hair and hazel eyes. She is slim but not very tall (To Isola, 20th April, p.103). She lives in Chelsea, London artistic and literary district (cf. pp. 14-15 and p. 103 for physical description). She wrote humorous columns for

Teachman, Debra. Student Companion to Jane Austen. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. Student Companion to Jane Austen Debra Teachman Student Companions to Classic Writers Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut ∙ London -iii- Contents | |Series Foreword vii | | |1 The Life of Jane Austen 1

Jane Austen, née le 16 décembre 1775 à Steventon, dans le Hampshire en Angleterre et morte le 18 juillet 1817 à Winchester, dans le même comté, est une femme de lettres anglaise. Son réalisme, sa critique sociale mordante et sa maîtrise du discours indirect libre, son humour décalé et son ironie ont fait d'elle l'un des écrivains anglais les plus largement lus et aimés[1]. Toute sa vie, Jane Austen demeure au sein d'une cellule familiale étroitement unie, appartenant à la petite gentry anglaise[2]

Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen Pride and prejudice was published in 1813 in anonymity because of Jane Austen's social status, which forbade her to be known as a writer. The title announces to some extent the criticism of the social behaviors in the English society in the XIXth century. That's why my review begins with an overview of historical context.Then two others subtler points will be brought out, the first one concerns the story, the characters, the main themes of the book, in

Pride and Prejudice. I. THE AUTOR. 1) The book and the author. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, penguin readers; 1945. 2) Biography of Jane Austen. Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775, at the rectory in the village of Steventon, near Basingstoke, in Hampshire. The seventh of eight children of the Reverend George Austen and his wife, Cassandra, she was educated mainly at home and never lived apart from her family. She had a happy childhood amongst all her brothers

Smaranda Tolosano– Chloe Allavena - 2nde 2 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BOOK REPORT - Have you heard about the latest gossip? About the Bennet family? -Of course, everybody is talking about it in the village! But I didn't hear how the story ends! -Really? Well you have missed the most interesting part of it my dear! But don't worry, I will recall you all the adventures of this charming girl, Elizabeth Bennet from Longbourn village. But I think we should start from the beginning. It all began

Jane Austen “Pride and prejudice” Summary Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London. Though the story's setting is characteristically

Jane Austen, née le 16 décembre 1775 à Steventon, dans le Hampshire en Angleterre et morte le 18 juillet 1817 à Winchester, dans le même comté, est une femme de lettres anglaise. Son réalisme, sa critique sociale mordante et sa maîtrise du discours indirect libre, son humour décalé et son ironie ont fait d'elle l'un des écrivains anglais les plus largement lus et aimé. Toute sa vie, Jane Austen demeure au sein d'une cellule familiale étroitement unie, appartenant à la petite gentry anglaise. Elle

Portrait d’Elizabeth Bennet Elizabeth Bennet, parfois appelée Miss Eliza par ses connaissances, mais toujours Lizzy par sa famille et ses amies, est la cadette de la famille Bennet. Elle a quatre autres sœurs : Jane, Mary, Kitty et Lydia. Au début du roman, elle n'a pas encore vingt-et-un ans, comme elle le dit à Lady Catherine. Elle vit à Longbourn, la propriété de son père, membre de la petite gentry provinciale, qui a épousé une jolie femme frivole et sotte, à l'esprit étroit. Elle est la favorite