Pride and Prejudice
By: Jane Austen ; edited by James Kinsley ; with an introduction and notes by Fiona Stafford.
Contributors: Kinsley, James.; Stafford, Fiona J.
Edition: New Edition (1)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780192802385
Copyright date: 2003, 2004
Subjects: Social classes -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction; Courtship -- Fiction; Sisters -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighborhood, the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity, as misconceptions and hasty judgements lead to heartache and scandal, but eventually to true understanding, self-knowledge, and love. In this supremely satisfying story, Jane Austen balances comedy with seriousness, and witty observation with profound insight. If Elizabeth Bennet returns again and again to her letter from Mr Darcy, readers of the novel are drawn even more irresistibly to its captivating wisdom.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxv]-xl).
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