Tempo ou oportunidade não determinam a intimidade, apenas a disposição.
Jane AustenStichwörter: time jane-austen
What could she have done? She was a heroine, and with that came certain obligations.
Emily C.A. SnyderStichwörter: humour jane-austen northanger-abbey nachtstum-castle
Such a narrative as this demands some sort of physical consolation for its spiritual tribulation. Our heroine received it in one last cup of tea. The reader may be advised to do so likewise.
Emily C.A. SnyderStichwörter: humour jane-austen northanger-abbey nachtsturm-castle
But neither could compare with the gargantuan natural edifice that was the mountain upon which Nachtstürm Castle rose. It was a mountain made of the darkness between two lightning bolts. It was made less of earth than Stygian frost. Whole towns fell away as they ascended, as though the ranks of black and frowning conifers waged war against the humans below. Even the path – rather narrow and rarely straight – seemed less made by centuries of pilgrim feet and more by the trace of some careless demon’s claw.
It was, in fact, perfect.
Stichwörter: humour jane-austen northanger-abbey nachtsturm-castle
Another strike of lightening – now accompanied by the deep-bellied rumble, and the horse reared, incidentally setting Henry very picturesquely against the inconstant moon. Alas, Catherine was deeply engaged in her argument with Old Edric and this missed entirely the melodramatic display. But we may assume that, possessing so strong an imagination, Catherine had often pictured Henry thus...
Emily C.A. SnyderStichwörter: humour jane-austen northanger-abbey nachtsturm-castle
Make haste” Jane added, just because she always wanted to say that.
Shannon HaleStichwörter: jane-austen austenland
Sense will always have attractions for me.
Jane AustenStichwörter: jane-austen elinor-dashwood
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Einer der Altmeister des englischen Romans, William Makepeace Thackeray, nannte das Wort Finis am Ende eines Erzählwerkes einmal ein "trübsinniges Wort". Das mag zutreffen, wenn man lediglich meint, von einer liebgewordenen, vertrauten Umgebung Abschied nehmen zu müssen. Meist ist jedoch das weiterwirkende Erlebnis - die Auseinandersetzung mit der vermittelten Weltsicht -, das uns ein Kunstwerk lieb und wert macht, gewissermaßen das subjektive "Weiterschreiben", wenn sich der Vorhang über das fiktive Geschehen gesenkt hat.
Klaus Udo SzudraStichwörter: jane-austen emma nachwort
The celestial brightness of Pride and Prejudice is unequalled even in Jane Austen's other work; after a life of much disappointment and grief, in which some people would have seen nothing but tedium and emptiness, she stepped forth as an author, breathing gaiety and youth, robed in dazzling light.
Elizabeth JenkinsStichwörter: jane-austen pride-and-prejudice elizabeth-jenkins
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,' I said, sighing.
'Is it?' said Veronica, looking surprised. 'Universally acknowledged? Surely that presupposes life similar to human societies beyond this planet, and besides--'
'No, no, it's a quote from ... Never mind,' I said.
Stichwörter: humor truth marriage jane-austen quotes universal misunderstanding
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