num_pages: 281
description: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's perfect comedy of manners--one of the most popular novels of all time--that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. "Pride and Prejudice seems as vital as ever," writes Anna Quindlen in her introduction to this Modern Library edition. "It is a pure joy to read." Eudora Welty agrees: "The gaiety is unextinguished, the irony has kept its bite, the reasoning is still sweet, the sparkle undiminished. [It is] irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be."This volume is the companion to the BBC television series, a lavish production aired on the Arts and Entertainment Network.--book jacket
language: English
title: Pride and Prejudice
titlecomplete: Pride and Prejudice
characters: Lydia Bennet, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Georgiana Darcy, Mr. William Collins, Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mary Bennet, Kitty Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Caroline Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Da, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Kitty Bennet, Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Charles Bingley, George Wickham, Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Bennet, Caroline Bingley, Mary Bennet
genres: Fiction, Classics, Historical Romance, Historical, Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels, Audiobook
ratings_count: 4067441
places: Derbishire and Hertfordshire, England, England, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Derbyshire, England
publisher: The Modern Library