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   Sense & Sensibility

   • Joanna Trollope

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   Two sisters could hardly be more different.Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values discretion above all. Her impulsive sister Marianne displays her creativity everywhere as she dreams of going to art school.But when the family finds itself forced out of Norland Park, their beloved home for twenty years, their values are severely put to the test.Can Elinor remain stoic knowing that the man she likes has been ensnared by another girl? Will Marianne’s faith in love be shaken by meeting the hottest boy in the county? And when social media is the controlling force at play, can love ever triumph over conventions and disapproval?Joanna Trollope casts Sense & Sensibility in a fresh new light, re-telling a coming-of-age story about young love and heartbreak, and how when it comes to money especially, some things never change…

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   Northanger abbey

   • Val McDermid

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   In this modern re-imagining of a Gothic classic, seventeen-year-old Catherine 'Cat' Morland has lived a sheltered life in rural Dorset, yearning for adventure. When her wealthy neighbors, the Allens, invite her to the Edinburgh Festival, she hopes for excitement. However, her initial experiences are lackluster as Susie Allen is preoccupied with shopping and Andrew Allen with the Fringe. A Highland Dance class introduces Cat to Henry Tilney, a charming gentleman whose family home, Northanger Abbey, intrigues her. She also meets Bella Thorpe, who shares her love for supernatural novels, but Bella's brother John proves to be an annoyance, complicating Cat's feelings for Henry. Fortunately, General Tilney invites Cat to stay at Northanger Abbey with Henry and his sister Eleanor. Cat's imagination runs wild with visions of ancient abbeys, secret chambers, and ghosts, all while dreaming of romance with Henry. However, the reality of life at the abbey is far more unsettling than the fantasies she has conjured, revealing that the world outside her novels can be disturbingly different from the tales she adores.

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   Emma: A Modern Retelling

   • Alexander McCall Smith

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   Alexander McCall Smith's gentle satire and cozy, old-fashioned sensibility prove to be the perfect match for Jane Austen's wit and characters. Though carriages have been replaced by Mini Coopers and cups of tea with cappuccinos, Emma is wonderfully timeless. The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury, and to the household of her hypochondriac father, who has been living alone on a steady diet of vegetables and vitamin supplements. Cultivating grand plans for the future, she prepares to launch her interior-design business and strike out on her own, but in the meantime turns her attention to the matching of people, rather than fabric patterns. Soon Emma befriends Harriet Smith, the naïve but charming young teacher's assistant at an English-language school run by the hippie-ish Mrs. Goddard. Harriet is Emma's inspiration to do the two things she does best: offer guidance to those less wise in the ways of the world and put her matchmaking skills to good use. Happily, this summer presents abundant opportunities for her to do just that, as many friends, both old and new, are drawn into the sphere of Emma's occasionally injudicious counsel: Frank Churchill, the attractive stepson of Emma's former governess; George Knightley, Emma's brother-in-law and dear friend; the charming yet self-important Philip Elton; and, of course, the perfect (and perfectly vexing) Jane Fairfax.

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   Pýcha, předsudek a seznamka

   • Curtis Sittenfeld

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   Jak těžké je najít toho pravého? A jak obtížné je napsat moderní verzi slavného románu? Inteligentní příběh americké autorky dokazuje, že obojí je možné. Vtipná kniha potěší všechny milovníky Jane Austenové, ale snadno si získá i čtenáře, kteří původní dílo neznají… V rodině Bennetových je pět dcer, ale žádná dosud nenašla muže svého srdce. Novinářce Liz je osmatřicet, jogínce Jane o dva roky víc, zakřiknutá Mary myslí jen na studium a mladé dívky Lydia a Kitty jsou příliš zaměstnané dietami, než aby si našly práci. Matka rodu paní Bennetová je celou situací zneklidněna a všechno se jenom zhorší, když pan Bennet dostane infarkt. Na obzoru se však nečekaně objevuje sympatický lékař Chip Bingley, který se k nesmírné radosti paní Bennetové uchází o Jane. A co jeho rezervovaný přítel Fitzwilliam Darcy? Padne i jemu některá z dcer do oka?

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