Pride and Prejudice (Evergreens)

Pride and Prejudice (Evergreens)

Jane Austen, Jane Austen
$8.00
Publication Date: April 1st, 2015
Publisher:
Alma Classics
ISBN:
9781847493699
Pages:
320

Description

The pride of high-ranking Mr Darcy and the prejudice of middle-class Elizabeth Bennet conduct an absorbing dance through the rigid social hierarchies of early-nineteenth-century England, with the passion of the two unlikely lovers growing as their union seems ever more improbable.

One of the most cherished love stories in English literature, Jane Austen's 1813 masterpiece has a lasting effect on everyone who reads it.

About the Author

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist whose works are among the most popular novels ever written. Her keen eye for social tension, and ear for taut, witty dialogue have delighted readers for centuries, while her novels have maintained historical importance through their analysis of the dependence of women on marriage to gain social standing and security. She has been widely adapted for both stage and screen, and continues to be among the most widely-read of late-18th-/early 19th-century writers.

Praise for Pride and Prejudice (Evergreens)

“This is the flowering of the English novel. It is witty and wise; there is not a single flaw in this book, or a single moment that you do not relish.” —Colm Tóibín

“I read all of Jane Austen's novels very early on and learnt to love her economy of style and precision. She still seems to me the finest writer in the English language. Pride and Prejudice always bears another reading, and I think in many ways it is a perfect rendition of the novel form.” —Philippa Gregory

“Jane Austen is one of my favourite writers... very acute, very perceptive, and writing in close and honest detail about the tiny preoccupations of women's lives – preoccupations which speak of much larger social and human issues.” —Helen Fielding

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