The epistolary novel Lady Susan is the darkly humorous tale of the amatory schemes & machinations of an ambitious & unprincipled coquette The Watsons is the story of the refined & well-educated Emma Watson forced by the second marriage of her aunt to return to the house of her impecunious father & face the marital plots & intrigues of her sisters Begun by the author in the last few months of her life Sanditon set in a fast-growing former fi shing village swiftly becoming a fashionable resort pokes fun at the inhabitants of the new coastal town with all their hypochondria witlessness & self-obsession ...

Collecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors Jane Austen's Lady Susan The Watsons & Sanditon is edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in Penguin Classics These three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles from melodrama to satire & exploring a range of social classes & settings The early epistolary novel Lady Susan depicts an unscrupulous coquette toying with the affections of several men In contrast The Watsons is a delightful fragment whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty & pride Written in the last months of Austen's life the uncompleted novel Sanditon set in a newly established seaside resort offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs & speculators & shows an author contemplating a the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution with a mixture of scepticism & amusement Margaret Drabble's introduction examines these three works in the context of Jane Austen's major novels & her life & discusses the social background of her fiction This edition features a new chronology Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride & Prejudice at the age of 22 She was also the author of Sense & Sensibility Persuasion Northanger Abbey & Mansfield Park If you enjoyed Lady Susan The Watsons & Sanditon you may like Charlotte Bronte's Tales of Angria also available in Penguin Classics' In Sanditon she exploits her greatest gifts her management of dialogue & her skill with monologue The book feels open & modern as vigorous & inventive as her earlier work' Carol Shields ...

A Diamond Select Toys Release! Time to put the hammer down! The second release in DST&s all-new Marvel Femme Fatales PVC Figure series is none other than the goddess of thunder herself the all-new all-different Thor! Measuring Approx. 9 inches tall this PVC figure of the mysterious new Thor perches atop a rocky outcropping as if preparing to take flight or summon a lightning bolt from the heavens Packaged in a full-color window box Sculpted by Sam Greenwell! ...

This figurine perfectly depicts Lady Tremaine&s sharp facial features & fierce eyes The Wicked Stepmother to Cinderella is featured in her most iconic crimson gown with a golden brooch near her neck with matching earrings & a ring The figurine is made from resin Each piece is hand painted & slight colour variations are to be expected which makes each piece unique Supplied in branded gift box Not a toy or children&s product Intended for adults only Disney Showcase figurine Handmade & hand painted Classic Disney characters Made from resin Branded Gift box ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The cinematic flair & narrative surprises that marked Park Chan-Wook&s Sympathy for Mr Vengeance & Oldboy continue in this third & concluding part of the director&s thematically-linked trilogy of revenge Intense & inventive the film follows the progress of beautiful impassive Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young-Ae) after she&s released from prison having served 13 years for the kidnap & murder of a young boy Once on the outside she hooks up with some former cellmates a preacher who thinks she&s an angel the detective who originally arrested her & the daughter she gave up for adoption gathering around her all the people needed to carry out an elaborate plan of revenge Her target is kindergarten teacher Mr Baek (Oldboy star Choi Min-Sik) while her weapon (s)-of-choice are unexpected & highly personal This is striking & ghoulishly entertaining stuff a highwire act poised between horror tragedy comedy & exploitation With the aid of Oldboy Director of Photography Jeong Joeng-Hun who employs some neat tricks & brings a vibrant beauty to the dark proceedings Park ensures there&s never a dull moment Actors Lee Young-ae Choi Min-sik Kim Si-hu Kwon Yae-young & Nam Il-woo Director Park Chan-Wook Certificate 18 years & over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages Korean
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTS ; Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 55 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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' My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's' Lady Windermere has a happy marriage
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Lady Zorro is called back to Alta California to recover a sacred Chumash war axe stolen by mercenary soldiers Only she can stop an all-out bloody war across the ranchos & more deaths like those that consumed her family if she can stay on mission! When an opportunity for ultimate vengeance presents itself can she ignore it? Or will the fiery desire to put her greatest foe six feet underground consume Lady Zorro & all of Alta California with it? A violent sexy tale of intrigue & swashbuckling as the female Fox must use all her assets to get herself out of trouble ...

London 1844 & a shy young woman has arrived to take up a new position in the grandeur of No 50 Wimpole Street Subtly & compellingly Lady's Maid gives voice to Elizabeth Wilson's untold story her complex relationship with her mistress Elizabeth Barrett & her dramatic role in the most famous elopement in history ...

A gorgeous collection of 100 postcards in a sturdy gift box each featuring a different & iconic h&-painted illustration from the Ladybird books of the 1940s through to the 1980s With images taken from well-known titles such as The Ladybird abc & What to look for in Summer these classic beautifully detailed postcards are perfect for framing or sending to other Ladybird fans! ...

Penguin presents the audio CD edition of Ladybird Bedtime Treasury read by Gemma Whelan & Nigel Pilkington This gorgeous Ladybird treasury of eight classic traditional tales is guaranteed to delight & entertain young children Each favourite fairy tale or story has been sensitively retold for modern readers & the mix of amazing animals magical marvels & classic characters is perfect for both boys & girls The stories include Chicken Licken Rapunzel The Enormous Turnip The Wizard of Oz The Emperor's New Clothes Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs Rumpelstiltskin & Heidi ...