Jane Austen
1) Emma
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Polish
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"Błyskotliwa komedia omyłek, której przedmiotem jest gra pozorów i iluzje, jakich dostarcza nam w nadmiarze nasz egoizm i zadufanie. W samym zaś środku intrygi stoi niezwykła bohaterka, pełna życia i wigoru, urocza, nieznośna i apodyktyczna Emma. Emma Woodhouse mieszka z ojcem na angielskiej prowincji. Chociaż sama nie zamierza wyjść za mąż, próbuje swoich sił jako swatka. W sprawach serca jednak nie wszystko da się przewidzieć....
3) Perswazje
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Series
Language
Polish
Description
Anne Elliot has brought her misfortunes upon herself. Her mistaken decision to break her engagement with Captain Wentworth-- to which she was persuaded by a dear friend of the family, Lady Russell-- let worldly prudence outweigh love. Persuasion takes up the story over seven years later, with the reappearance of Wentworth, in what is Jane Austen's most mature, profound and delicate comedy of love and marriage.
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Polish
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Portraying social life in fashionable Bath and centered around Catherine Morland, this novel ridicules the popular tales of romance and terror and contrasts with these the normal realities of life.
Bohaterka, Katarzyna Morland, urzeczona romantyzmem i grozą starego opactwa, wyrusza na spotkanie przygody i nieoczekiwanie znajduje mężczyznę swego życia.
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Series
Austen Project volume 4
Language
Polish
Description
Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help -- and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning...