num_pages: 622
description: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.' With this famous declaration Jane Austen launches into the story of the five Bennet sisters. It is a story that on first reading is full of suspense, surprise and, ultimately, satisfaction, and which on re-reading commands, in addition, admiration for the author's supreme skill in managing a deceptively complex plot to its triumphant conclusion. First published in 1813, and Austen's most popular novel in her own lifetime, Pride and Prejudice has since been widely recognised as one of the finest novels in the English language. This volume, first published in 2006, provides comprehensive explanatory notes, an extensive critical introduction covering the context and publication history of the work, a chronology of Austen's life and an authoritative textual apparatus. This edition is an indispensable resource for all scholars and readers of Austen.The first fully annotated scholarly edition of Austen's complete worksBased on authoritative texts edited by senior scholarsPride and Prejudice is Austen's most popular novelRead more at http://www.cambridge.org/nl/academic/...
language: English
title: Pride and Prejudice
titlecomplete: Pride and Prejudice (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen)
characters: Mary Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mrs. Gardiner, Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet, Kitty Bennet, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mary Bennet, Kitty Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Caroline Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Da, Charlotte Lucas, Charles Bingley, Lydia Bennet, George Wickham, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Mr. William Collins, Georgiana Darcy, Caroline Bingley, Mr. Gardiner, Mrs. Bennet
genres: Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classics, Historical Romance, Adult, Romance, Fiction
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places: Derbishire and Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, England, Hertfordshire, England
publisher: Cambridge University Press