Description: Hovedpersonen i denne romanen er Anne Elliot. For mange år siden møtte hun sitt livs kjærlighet, Captain Wenworth, men de skiltes fordi han ikke var god nok for familien. Nå kommer han tilbake fra sjøen, og deres gjenforening tvinger dem å se nærmere på det som førte dem fra hverandre.

Description: Familien Dashwood lever et bekymringsløst liv på sin store og flotte eiendom i Sussex. Men da faren dør, blir alt forandret. Slektninger frarøver dem arven, og Dashwood-søstrene og deres mor blir nødt til å flytte fra Sussex til Barton Cottage i Devonshire. Her må de venne seg til et liv i atskillig enklere kår.

Description: In Meryton sorgt der Zuzug eines vermögenden Junggesellen für Gesprächsstoff. Mütter mit Töchtern im heiratsfähigen Alter sind entzückt. Auch Mrs. Bennet kennt keinen anderen Lebensinhalt, als ihre fünf Mädchen mit einer guten Partie zu verkuppeln. Zumal der Besitz ihres Gatten nur einem männlichen Verwandten vererbt werden kann. Zu ihrer Freude zeigt Mr. Bingley, der Neuankömmling, eine Schwäche für Jane, die älteste der Bennet-Töchter. Während er herzlich in der Gemeinde aufgenommen wird, empfindet nicht nur Elizabeth, Janes Schwester, seinen noch betuchteren Freund Mr. Darcy als hochmütig. Kaum jemand scheint seinen hohen Maßstäben zu genügen. Als Elizabeth erfährt, dass er eine Verbindung zwischen Bingley und Jane nicht gutheißt sowie dem Offizier Wickham übel mitgespielt hat, wächst ihre Ablehnung. Da macht Darcy ihr urplötzlich einen Antrag.

Description: Duma i uprzedzenie byla przebojem literackim wiosny 1813 r. Historia Elizabeth Bennet i pana Darcy'ego to historia przezwyciezania dumy i uprzedzen obojga bohaterow, ich dojrzewania do porozumienia i szczerej milosci. Pisarka podwaza w powiesci wiare w milosc od pierwszego wejrzenia i ostrzega tych, ktorzy w takowa uwierza. Ostrzega tez przed konsekwencjami przyjecia "prawdy od pierwszego wejrzenia", uznania czegos od razu, bez poznania uczuc i motywow osadzanego. W Dumie i uprzedzeniu niemal kazdy z bohaterow pochopnie ocenia innych, by stopniowo zmieniac o nich zdanie, gdyz dopiero z czasem ujawniaja sie prawdziwe intencje i zarowno dobre, jak i zle cechy charakteru. Elizabeth byla ulubiona bohaterka Jane Austen, ktora pisala do siostry, ze nie znioslaby, gdyby ktos nie polubil tej postaci. Wolno przypuszczac, ze obdarzyla ja wieloma wlasnymi rysami...

Description: Jeden z wczesniejszych utworów autorki Rozwaznej i romantycznej jest bogata w aluzje literackie, lagodna satyra na modne za zycia Jane Austen opowiesci gotyckie. Bohaterka, Katarzyna Morland, urzeczona romantyzmem i groza starego opactwa, wyrusza na spotkanie przygody i nieoczekiwanie znajduje mezczyzne swego zycia.

“Differing from Austen's other novels in adopting a more sober tone, this one describes the ordeals of Anne Elliot, who has been persuaded by her family to reject Captain Wentworth. The novel opens several years later, when she is 27 and still unattached.
Thwarted romance between Anne Elliot (Austen's sweetest, most appealing heroine) and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Finely drawn characters, gentle satire, genteel life in the English countryside.”

Description: Power, Dominic (adapter). Northanger Abbey. Dir. Pam Fraser Solomon. Classic Serial.
BBC Radio 4. Three one-hour episodes; Ep. 1: 18 September 2005; Ep. 2: 25 September 2005; Ep. 3: 2 October 2005.

Synopsis: 1/3. Catherine Morland, a naïve country girl, is taken to Bath by Mr and Mrs Allen - rich landowners and friends of her clergyman father. But her arrival in Bath in such noteworthy company leads to a misunderstanding about her fortune, a misunderstanding that grows until she is invited by the wealthy, but avaricious, General Tilney for an indefinite stay at Northanger Abbey.
2/3. Catherine receives an invitation to stay at Northanger Abbey. Delighted to leave Bath in the company of Henry Tilney and his sister, she is nevertheless wary of their father - the terrifying General Tilney.
3/3. Catherine's suspicions about the tyrannical General Tilney grow and she is determined to explore Northanger Abbey and discover its hidden secrets.

Cast:
Jane Austen ...... Amanda Root
Catherine ...... Emily Wachter
Henry ...... David Harewood
Mrs Allen ...... Julia McKenzie
Isabella ...... Claire Skinner
Eleanor ...... Saskia Reeves
Mrs Thorpe ...... Jenny Agutter
John Thorpe ...... Jonathan Keeble
James ...... Shiv Grewal
Mr Allen ...... John Rowe
Mr Morland ...... Gerard McDermott
Mrs Morland ...... Susan Jameson
General Tilney ...... John Shrapnel

Music by Peter Wiegold.

Description: Here is a BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Jane Austen's perceptive study of middle class morals and mores in the 19th century. The cast includes Hannah Gordon as the narrator, Amanda Root as Fanny Price, Jane Lapotaire as Mrs Norris, and Michael Williams as Sir Thomas Bertram.

Description: When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships,gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
WITH A SUITABLE BOOK!!!!