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«La agudeza y la ironía permean la narración desde las primeras páginas y por ello no hay lector que pueda resistirse al razonamiento, expuesto casi con sarcasmo en el segundo capítulo, por el que la cuñada de Elinor y Marianne convence a su marido para que reduzca la pensión de sus hermanastras a lo mínimo imprescindible. O a esa magistral simplicidad y sutileza con que retrata situaciones y paisajes, características que obligan a pensar en Jane Austen como una de las más grandes novelistas de todos los ...

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Juicio y sentimiento

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«La agudeza y la ironía permean la narración desde las primeras páginas y por ello no hay lector que pueda resistirse al razonamiento, expuesto casi con sarcasmo en el segundo capítulo, por el que la cuñada de Elinor y Marianne convence a su marido para que reduzca la pensión de sus hermanastras a lo mínimo imprescindible. O a esa magistral simplicidad y sutileza con que retrata situaciones y paisajes, características que obligan a pensar en Jane Austen como una de las más grandes novelistas de todos los tiempos. Imprescindible desde esta obra primeriza.» Leah Bonnín, La tormenta en un vaso

«Ninguna de las dos tiene nada que decir; tú, porque no te comunicas, y yo, porque no escondo nada», le dice Marianne Dashwood a su hermana mayor Elinor en uno de los pasajes más célebres de Juicio y sentimiento (1811), la primera novela que consiguió publicar Jane Austen. Lo no dicho, el secreto deliberado o impuesto, la verdad oculta y la mentira, el pacto de silencio dictado por la lealtad o la piedad, son en efecto los temas principales de esta novela que traza un cuadro tan hilarante como patético de las desventuras de dos hermanas casaderas, hijas de la gentry pero apartadas ?en su condición de mujeres- de la fortuna familiar.

Sus tropiezos en el camino del matrimonio, a veces empujadas por la mezquindad de sus propios parientes, las alegres presiones de sus vecinos o los mismos «principios» de su carácter y moral, las llevan a conocer todos los extremos que el «terror a la pobreza» o los estragos de una vida inútil pueden ocasionar en el destino de los hombres.Marianne, locuaz y ultrarromántica, y Elinor, prudente y reservada, componen una descompensada balanza de caracteres que finalmente se habrá de equilibrar. Ingeniosísima en su trama, cáustica en su pintura de ambientes y personajes, grave en su espíritu moral, ésta es la primera de las obras maestras de Jane Austen.

Jane Austen nació en 1775 en Steventon, séptima de los ocho hijos del rec-tor de la parroquia. Educada principalmente por su padre, empezó a escribir de muy joven, para recreo de la familia: una muestra de sus escritos juveniles, fantasiosos y humorísticos, se encuentra en Amor y amistad (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. XX), y, de una forma ya más elaborada, en Lady Susan y los Watson (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. XXXVII). A los veintitrés años envió a los editores el manuscrito de La abadía de Northanger (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. VII), que fue rechazado. Trece años después, en 1811, conseguiría publicar Juicio y sentimiento (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. LXXXVI), de la que se hicieron dos ediciones, y a la que siguieron Orgullo y prejuicio (1813; (ALBA CLÁSICA MAIOR núm. XLVI), Mansfield Park (1814; ALBA CLÁSICA núm. I) y Emma (1816; ALBA CLÁSICA MAIOR núm. XLIX), que obtuvieron un gran éxito. Después de su muerte, acaecida prematuramente en 1817 y que le impidió concluir su novela Sanditon, aparecería Persuasión (1817; ALBA CLÁSICA núm. VIII) y, con ella, La abadía de Northanger, que no consiguió publicar en vida. Satírica, antirromántica, profunda y tan primorosa como mordaz, la obra de Jane Austen nace toda ella de una estética necesidad de orden moral. «La Sabiduría ? escribió una vez- es mejor que el Ingenio, y a la larga tendrá sin duda la risa de su parte.»

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9788484287773
  • Publisher: Alba Editorial, S.L.
  • Publication date: 7/25/2012
  • Language: Spanish
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • File size: 464 KB

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Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austen's delightful, carefully wrought novels of manners remain surprisingly relevant, nearly 200 years after they were first published. Her novels -- Pride and Prejudice and Emma among them -- are those rare books that offer us a glimpse at the mores of a specific period while addressing the complexities of love, honor, and responsibility that still intrigue us today.

Biography

In 1801, George Austen retired from the clergy, and Jane, Cassandra, and their parents took up residence in Bath, a fashionable town Jane liked far less than her native village. Jane seems to have written little during this period. When Mr. Austen died in 1805, the three women, Mrs. Austen and her daughters, moved first to Southampton and then, partly subsidized by Jane's brothers, occupied a house in Chawton, a village not unlike Jane's first home. There she began to work on writing and pursued publishing once more, leading to the anonymous publication of Sense and Sensibility in 1811 and Pride and Prejudice in 1813, to modestly good reviews.

Known for her cheerful, modest, and witty character, Jane Austen had a busy family and social life, but as far as we know very little direct romantic experience. There were early flirtations, a quickly retracted agreement to marry the wealthy brother of a friend, and a rumored short-lived attachment -- while she was traveling -- that has not been verified. Her last years were quiet and devoted to family, friends, and writing her final novels. In 1817 she had to interrupt work on her last and unfinished novel, Sanditon, because she fell ill. She died on July 18, 1817, in Winchester, where she had been taken for medical treatment. After her death, her novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published, together with a biographical notice, due to the efforts of her brother Henry. Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral.

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    1. Date of Birth:
      December 16, 1775
    2. Place of Birth:
      Village of Steventon in Hampshire, England
    1. Date of Death:
      July 18, 1817
    2. Place of Death:
      Winchester, Hampshire, England
    1. Education:
      Taught at home by her father

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