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Las hermanas Dashwood son desalojadas de su casa de la infancia y son enviadas a vivir en una misteriosa isla llena de criaturas salvajes y oscuros secretos. Mientras que la sensible Elinor se enamora de Edward Ferrars, su romantica hermana Marianne es cortejada tanto por el atractivo Willoughby como por el horrible hombre-monstruo Coronel Brandon. Pueden las hermanas Dashwood triunfar sobre los matriarcas entrometidos y picaros sin escrupulos para encontrar el amor verdadero? O caeran presas de los tentaculos de quien siempre les estan pisando los talones? / The Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and secrets. While Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the man-monster Colonel Brandon.
About the Author
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on July 18, 1817. As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811) , Pride and Prejudice (1813) , Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma(1816) . Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.
