Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.
Cu actiunea plasata pe fundalul dramatic al Razboiului Civil american si al Reconstructiei, Pe aripile vantului, magnificul roman istoric al lui Margaret Mitchell, este o poveste de neuitat despre iubire si pierdere, despre o natiune divizata de pasiuni mortale si al carei destin va fi schimbat pentru totdeauna. Insa...
The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in L...
On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive olde...
Romanul are ca temă principală orgoliul de clasă al domnului Darcy și prejudecata domnișoarei Elizabeth Bennet în confrontul acestuia. Acțiunea romanului se concentrează asupra evenimentelor ce au loc în interiorul familiei Bennet compusă din domnul și doamna Bennet și cele cinci fiice: Jane, Elizabeth, (pentru priete...
