Jane Austen
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English
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Fanny Price, a teenaged girl of low social rank brought up on her wealthy relatives' countryside estate, feels the sharp sting of rejection when her cousin Edmund, the only person who treats her as an equal, is won over by a flirtatious, exciting--and unprincipled--London girl.
3) Longbourn
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
Description
A novel whose principal characters are the servants in Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice.
Sarah, the orphaned housemaid, spends her days scrubbing the laundry, polishing the floors, and emptying the chamber pots for the Bennet household. But there is just as much romance, heartbreak, and intrigue downstairs at Longbourn as there is upstairs. When a mysterious new footman arrives, the orderly realm of the servants' hall threatens to be completely,...
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English
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Emma Woodhouse arrives home in Norfolk ready to embark on adult life. Not only has her sister, Isabella, been whisked away on a motorcycle up to London, but her astute governess, Miss Taylor is at a loose end, abandoned in the giant family pile, Hartfield, alongside Emma's anxiety-ridden father. Someone is needed to rule the roost and young Emma is more than happy to oblige. But there is only one person who can play with Emma's indestructible confidence,...
6) Pride
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can't stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as...
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Publisher
Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
Description
What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blow... From the food secrets of "Pride and Prejudice" to the fitness strategies of "Sense and Sensibility", there's a modern health code hidden in the world's most popular romances. Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this "health and happiness" manifesto straight from Jane Austen's pen, revealing why her prescriptions for achieving total body "bloom" still matter in the 21st...
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Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
Description
This first-ever fully annotated edition of one of the most beloved novels in the world is a sheer delight for Jane Austen fans. Of course, one can enjoy the novel without knowing the precise definition of a gentleman, or what it signifies that a character drives a coach rather than a hack chaise, or the rules governing social interaction at a ball, but readers of this edition will find that these kinds of details add immeasurably to understanding...
13) Mansfield Park
Publisher
Distributed by Alliance Atlantis
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A young, impoverished woman arrives at her uncle's country estate, and is snubbed by everyone except her cousin, whom she soon grows to love.
15) Lost in Austen
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
Description
Amanda Price gets propelled into the scheming 19th century world of Pride and Prejudice while the book's Elizabeth Bennet is hurled into hers. As the plot unfolds, Amanda triggers new romantic twists and turns as she tries to help the Bennet sisters nab husbands and even manages to captivate the tantalizing Mr. Darcy. But what about Elizabeth, and what will become of one of the world's greatest love stories?
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice...Returning with her sister, Jane, to their Ohio hometown when their father falls ill, New York magazine editor Lizzy Bennett confronts challenges in the form of her younger sisters' football fangirl antics, a creepy cousin's unwanted attentions and the infuriating standoffish manners of a handsome neurosurgeon.
18) Pride and prejudice and zombies: the classic Regency romance -- now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem!
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Publisher
Distributed by Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton--and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy.
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[The Rajes volume 3
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
Description
"Yash Raje, California's first Indian-American gubernatorial candidate, has always known exactly what he wants -- and how to use his privileged background to get it. He attributes his success to a simple mantra: control your feelings and you can control the world. But when a hate crime at a rally critically injures his friend, Yash's easy life suddenly feels like a lie, his control an illusion. When he tries to get back on the campaign trail, he blacks...
20) Polite society
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Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A modern retelling of Jane Austen's Emma with a touch of Crazy Rich Asians set in Delhi, in which the daughter of a wealthy Indian family aspires to match-make for her friends and family, only to find herself caught up in an unforeseen scandal -- and an unexpected match of her own." -- Provided by publisher.