Pride and Prejudice
By: With an afterword by Joann Morse.
Edition: printing (13)
Series: A Signet Classic 451 CQ977
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 334
Copyright date: 1961
Description: The romantic clash of two opinionated young people provides the sustaining theme of Pride and Prejudice. Vivacious Elizabeth Bennet is fascinated and repelled by the arrogant Mr. Darcy, whose condescending airs and acrid tongue have alienated her entire family. Their spirited courtship is conducted against a background of assembly-ball flirtations and drawing-room intrigues. Jane Austen's famous novel captures the affections of class-conscious 18th century English families with matrimonial aims and rivalries. Her people are universal; they live a truth beyond time, change, or caricature. George Eliot called Jane Austen "the greatest artist that has ever written," and Sir Walter Scott wrote of her work, "There is a truth of painting in her writings which always delights me."
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Notes: Signet Classic