Jane Austen
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Language
English
Description
An adapted and illustrated edition of Jane Austen's romantic classic - at an easy-to-read level for all ages!
Elinor and Marianne Dashwood have very different ideas about love. Marianne wants to be swept off her feet. Her sensible sister Elinor's feet are always firmly on the ground. But when their father dies and they are forced to move to a new home, will there even be room for love at all?
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
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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...
3) Emma
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Language
English
Description
Emma Woodhouse imagines that she dominates those around her in the small town of Highbury, but her inept matchmaking creates problems for herself and others.
4) Persuasion
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Language
English
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Description
Anne Elliot passes up an opportunity for happiness when she declines a match in marriage in hopes of bettering her position. Beauty fades as seven years pass, when her former love returns a wealthier man. Anne finds herself slighted and all traces of their former intimacy gone. Mishaps and mischief mount as the pair tempt fate in this comic story of love.
Author
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Description
Mansfield Park is a study of three families--the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices--with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and who have taken her under their roof, are not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose...
Author
Language
English
Description
During an eventful season in Bath, Catherine Morland meets the sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney who invite her to stay at their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There Catherine runs into dangers, imaginary and real, and learns how to tell the difference between books and real life, false friends and true.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written in a series of letters to the daughter of a friend, Love and Friendship tells of a young girl's path to betrayal, by way of a seemingly ecstatic marriage. It is accompanied by The Three Sisters, another expertly crafted epistolary novel. When a noble youth arrives unannounced to request the hand of the matchless Laura, it seems their future is one of contentment and bliss-that is until his family learn of the marriage and, one by one, reject...
Author
Publisher
Publishers Group UK [distributor]
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
[20] p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
BabyLit is a fashionable way to introduce toddlers to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text by Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar's Oliver, these books are a must for every savvy parent's nursery library.
Author
Series
Great illustrated classics volume G224-52
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
238 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife". So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's perfect comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of nineteenth-century drawing-room intrigues.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated, scrapbook-style diary inspired by Jane Austen's classic imparts the events of "Pride and Prejudice" from Elizabeth Bennet's firsthand perspective.
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Series
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story. Emma Woodhouse is pretty, clever and rich, and sees no reason why she would ever need to get married. But she loves matchmaking for her neighbours, despite the advice of her friend Mr Knightley, who warns her against meddling. Her latest success - the wedding of her governess - makes her certain that she can find the right match for anyone. Can Emma's lucky streak continue? Or...
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Series
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's classic story, with witty black and white illustrations throughout. Fanny Price is one of nine children, and her family are very poor. So when a distant relative offers to take her in - giving her the opportunity to grow up wealthy and comfortable - her parents jump at the chance. But money doesn't always bring happiness, and Fanny struggles to settle into her new home, where the family are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fresh, funny and accessible retelling of Jane Austen's best-known story. Elizabeth Bennet is the second eldest in a family of five daughters. Although their mother is very keen to see them all married to wealthy men, Elizabeth is determined that she will only ever marry for love. At a ball, Elizabeth meets Mr Darcy, who at first she believes is proud and haughty. But perhaps there is more to him than first meets the eye.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Elinor and Marianne Dashwood's father dies, they are forced to leave their home behind and move far away to a tiny cottage. Their lives look set to change forever, in ways neither had expected. Elinor must leave behind the man she loves, whereas Marianne falls for a charming - but entirely unsuitable - new acquaintance. The sisters will need each other's support if they are to discover happiness, but will they ever find the right balance of sense...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hodder Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Catherine Morland has always dreamed of experiencing balls, the theatre and other social delights. So she leaps at the chance when her wealthy neighbours invite her to Bath to do just that. Friends and romantic interests quickly follow, but it's soon clear that high society life has its challenges. Can Catherine overcome gossip and rivalry to find her happily ever after?"--
Author
Publisher
Campfire, an imprint of Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
GN 750L
Physical Desc
107 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Austen's tale of Lizzy Bennet and Mr. Darcy, both of whom learn to see past their first impressions of the other. Includes biographical and historical notes.