Name: Los Watson (in Spanish)
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Author: Jane Austen
ISBN: 9788415564188

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jane Austen

Publisher

Nordica Libros

Year

2012

Language

Spanish

Pages

128

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

130 x 190

Weight

2.34

ISBN

841556418x

ISBN13

9788415564188

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "Los Watson (in Spanish)"

In this unfinished work by Jane Austen, Emma Watson attends her first dance, and her beauty and naivety have all eyes on her. But the novel proposes that perhaps that’s not necessarily the only road to happiness for a young woman in pre-Victorian England. Once again, Jane Austen writes about the plight of women during her time, their limited role in society, and their lack of any resources of their own. En esta obra inconclusa de Jane Austen, Emma Watson asiste a su primer baile, y su belleza e ingenuidad hacen que todas las miradas se centren en ella. Pero la novela propone que tal vez eso no es necesariamente lo único que conduce a la felicidad para una joven en la Inglaterra previctoriana. Una vez más, Jane Austen escribe sobre la condición de la mujer de su época, su limitado papel en la sociedad y su falta de recursos propios.

Jane Austen

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She was a British novelist who lived during the Georgian era. She was born in the rectory of Steventon (Hampshire). Her family belonged to the British gentry (rural nobility or agrarian bourgeoisie), a context she never left and in which she set all her works, always revolving around the marriage of her protagonist.

She has been portrayed in cinema on numerous occasions, sometimes faithfully reproduced, like the 1940 classic Pride and Prejudice directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, and other times adapted to modern times, as is the case with Clueless, a loose adaptation of Emma. Other versions include Sense and Sensibility from 1995; Mansfield Park from 2000; and Pride and Prejudice in 2004 (directed by Gurinder Chadha) and in 2005 (directed by Joe Wright). However, the most faithful and perfect version of the book Pride and Prejudice to date is the series presented by the BBC starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The interest that Jane Austen's work continues to arouse today shows the relevance of her thought and the influence she has had on subsequent literature. Her life has also been portrayed in film with the movie Becoming Jane (2007)

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