Emma by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

LADY SUSAN by Jane Austen I LADY SUSAN VERNON TO MR. VERNON Langford, Dec. MY DEAR BROTHER,–I can no longer refuse myself the pleasure of profiting by your kind invitation when we last parted of spending some weeks with you at Churchhill, and, therefore, if quite convenient to you and Mrs. Vernon to receive me

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

MANSFIELD PARK (1814) by Jane Austen CHAPTER I About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet’s lady, with all the comforts
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey! These were thrilling words, and wound up Catherine’s feelings to the highest point of ecstasy. Her grateful and gratified heart could hardly restrain its expressions within the language of tolerable calmness. To receive so flattering an invitation!
Rooftop view of the City of Bath

Persuasion, by Jane Austen

“If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk.”
Mansion House with large manicured lawn

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

CHAPTER 1 The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The late owner