The Three Sisters and Other Stories - diskusia

Elektronická kniha The Three Sisters and Other Stories:With handsome rich men and ladies of leisure fluttering their eyelids trying to catch their attention, \The Three Sisters\ reads like a humorous trial run for \Pride and Prejudice\. Told via correspondence, this is in fact a tale of a single man, Mr. Watts, who is in possession of a good fortune and is in want of a wife. Mrs. Stanhope is the mother of a family of girls who is very much in want of a son-in-law. And the girls? Despite one of them being \the happiest creature on the planet\, they aren\t actually all that happy at all. This satirical narrative of courtship and self-interest by the young Jane Austen is a must for any fan of the modern Chick-Lit novel or Rom-Com film. As an extra treat, this edition includes four additional writings from Jane Austen, making this essential reading for any Austen fan or study.These additional pieces• A Fragment written to inculcate the practice of Virtue• A beautiful description of the different effects of sensibility on different minds• The Generous Curate.• Ode to Pity

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