num_pages: 399
description: Alternative covers for this ISBN can be found here and here.During the decade when Napoleon was transforming Europe, Jane Austen wrote this novel in which the main events are that a man changes his manners and a young lady her mind.Much has been said of the light and sparkling side of Pride and Prejudice -- the delicious social comedy, the unerring dialogue, the satisfying love stories and its enchanting and spirited heroine. None the less, the novel is also about deeper issues in which Jane Austen demonstrates her belief that the truly civilized being maintains a proper balance between reason and energy. As Tony Tanner remarks in his stimulating introduction: 'Since to stress one at the expense of the other can either way mean loss, both to self and society, the picture of achieved congruence between them offered in Pride and Prejudice is of unfading relevance. It is perhaps no wonder that it has also proved capable of giving eternal delight.'--back cover
language: English
title: Pride and Prejudice
titlecomplete: Pride and Prejudice
characters: George Wickham, Charles Bingley, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mary Bennet, Kitty Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Caroline Bingley, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Da, Charlotte Lucas, Caroline Bingley, Lydia Bennet, Kitty Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Darcy, Mrs. Gardiner, Mr. Bennet, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. William Collins, Mary Bennet, Mr. Gardiner, Elizabeth Bennet
genres: Classics, Historical, Adult, Historical Romance, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Audiobook, Fiction
ratings_count: 4067097
places: England, Derbyshire, England, Derbishire and Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Hertfordshire, England
publisher: Penguin Books