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Ivanhoe , the son of a Saxon nobleman, returns to England from the Crusades. Prince John is Regent in the absence of his brother, King Richard the Lionhearted who is imprisoned in Austria. Saxons have not accepted their Norman conquerors and there is much animosity between them. Ivanhoe arrives at court just as a jousting tournament begins and bests the three Norman noblemen who have agreed to take...

A collection of Jane Austen's letters addressed mainly to her family. The author corresponds about family life, as well as the novels she wrote. Thanks to the letters, we can get to know her almost in person. We learn facts and thoughts that are not included in the literature she created. Zbiór listów Jane Austen adresowanych głównie do jej rodziny. Autorka koresponduje na temat życia rodzinnego,...

"Wieczory z Jane Austen" to zawierająca przeszło 1800 stron kolekcja dzieł autorki wraz z jej listami i biografią napisaną przez jej siostrzeńca. Prawdziwa perełka dla kobiet lubiących elegancki styl i subtelny humor Austen. Czytelniczki zakupują w jednym pliku aż 10 dzieł: Duma i Uprzedzenie, Rozważna i romantyczna, Perswazje, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan,...

A Memoir of Jane Austen is a biography of the novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817) published in 1869 by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh. A second edition was published in 1871 which included previously unpublished Jane Austen writings. A family project, the biography was written by James Edward Austen-Leigh but owed much to the recollections of Jane Austen's many relatives. However, it was the decisions...