Pride and prejudice
By: Jane Austen
Edition: printing (1)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780140287660
Description: Few readers have disagreed. Yet Elizabeth's vivacity, beauty and wit leave Jane Austen's hero Mr Darcy unmoved on their first meeting, and his aloof superiority is more than matched by Elizabeth's cool disdain. Darcy is peremptorily dismissed — 'the last man in the world I could be prevailed upon to marry' — whereupon, in one of English literature's sublime volte-faces, Elizabeth is compelled to realize that hasty first impressions are not always the truest.

Pride and Prejudice is probably Jane Austen's best-loved work and certainly her most popular. In its sparkling comedy of love and marriage, wit, form and feeling achieve a perfect balance.
Notes: TV tie-in.