Impeccably crafted and trailblazing in its celebration of female wit, Austen's arguably greatest novel follows the courtship of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy whose initial dislike of one another matures into mutual respect and admiration.
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'
With its 'light and bright and sparkling' dialogue, its romantic denouement and its lively heroine, Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most perennially popular novel. The love story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who misjudge, then challenge and change each other, is also a novel about the search for happiness and self- knowledge in a world of strict social rules, where a woman must marry well to survive.
Edited with an introduction and notes by VIVIEN JONES
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141439518
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 326 g
Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 24 mm
Having read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies I thought it was about time I read the original, although now I am honestly wondering why. This type of romantic period fiction is obviously not my thing as I found pretty... More
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My favourite story of all time. How can one rival the elegance of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'? '
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