Pride and Prejudice
By: Jane Austen ; edited by Richard Bain.
Contributors: Bain, Richard.
Series: Cambridge Literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780521576543
Copyright date: 1996
Subjects: Social classes -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Courtship -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Five daughters and no inheritance: what can a mother do but find them rich husbands? Jane seems willing, but headstrong Lizzy actually turns down a perfectly eligible suitor. And then that proud, odious Mr Darcy starts to interfere...

Jane Austen's novel wittily explores the competing demands of sex, class, sense and money on spirited but vulnerable young women.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-382).
Table of contents: title: Cambridge Literature; title: Introduction; title: Pride and Prejudice; title: Resource Notes; title: Glossary; title: Further Reading