Pride and Prejudice
Subtitle: With essays
Publisher: Courage Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780762405503
Copyright date: 1992, 1925, 1979
Subjects: 19th century fiction; Classic fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literature: Classics; British Isles; Classics; Sale Books; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
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 sweeping generalization, Pride and Prejudice begins, and whether or not you agree with Mrs. Bennet's premise in Jane Austen's classic novel, you have to read on. 

Originally written in 1797 under the title First Impressions, this is the story of the romantic and ideological sparring of the spirited, vibrant Elizabeth Bennet and the egotistical Mr. Darcy. But it is also a comedy of manners, a caricature of English society depicted in the microcosm of the Bennet family. Here is a courtship farce that takes place through a series of letters, ballroom flirtations, and parlor discussions. 

Austen's forte was her portrayal of women—they are the most dynamic and believable characters in the book. And though it is an eighteenth-century English family she captures on the page, her story of love and ideals is universal. 

Reprinted faithfully from the first London edition of the work, this volume also includes critical essays by Virginia Woolf and Julia Prewitt Brown. 
--jacket flap
Notes: With essays.
Table of contents: title: Pride and Prejudice; title: Volume I; title: Volume II; title: Volume III; title: Essays; title: by Virginia Woolf; title: by Julia Prewitt Brown