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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Description for Pride and Prejudice
Paperback. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. Editor(s): Jones, Vivien. Num Pages: 448 pages, chronology, notes. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'
'The best-loved book by our best-loved novelist' Independent
With its 'light and bright and sparkling' dialogue, its romantic denouement and its lively heroine, Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most perennially popular novel. The love story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who misjudge, then challenge and change each other, is also a novel about the search for happiness and self- knowledge in a world of strict social rules, where a woman must marry well to survive.
Edited with an introduction and notes by VIVIEN JONES
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141439518
SKU
9780141439518
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jane Austen
Jane Austen, the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Hampshire in 1775, and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager, she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family's amusement, as well as a novella, Lady Susan. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed ... Read more
Reviews for Pride and Prejudice
“The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste.” —Virginia Woolf “Nobody has ever been slyer with characters than Austen.” —Marlon James, “My 10 Favorite Books,” in T: The New York Times Style Magazine