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Pride and Prejudice
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An edition of Pride and Prejudice
(1813)
Pride and Prejudice
Penguin Classics (9)
by Jane Austen
- 6 Ratings
- 192 Want to read
- 10 Currently reading
- 11 Have read
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An edition of Pride and Prejudice
(1813)
Pride and Prejudice
Penguin Classics (9)
by Jane Austen
- 6 Ratings
- 192 Want to read
- 10 Currently reading
- 11 Have read
Previews available in: Spanish Finnish English
Few readers have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet. Her early determination to dislike Mr Darcy - who is quite the most handsome and eligible bachelor in the whole of English literature - is a misjudgement only matched by Darcy's arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to truer feelings in a comedy profoundly concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved.
Vivien Jones, in her new introduction to this Penguin Classics edition, shows how their romance is inseparable from the important and social political debates of Austen's time, and describes Pride and Prejudice as 'One of the most perfect, most pleasurable and most subtle - and therefore, perhaps, most dangerously persuasive - of romantic love stories.'
--back cover
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British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction, Courtship, Drama, English fiction, English literature, Families, Family, Family life, Family relations, Fiction, Fiction Classics, History, Interpersonal relations, Juvenile fiction, Literary Fiction, love stories, manners, Manners and customs, marriage, Romance, Sisters, Social classes, Social life and customs, Upper class, wealth, Women in England, young ladies, Young women, entail, Young women, fiction, Sisters, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, England, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Bennet, elizabeth (fictitious character), fiction, Darcy, fitzwilliam (fictitious character), fiction, Roman anglaisPeople
Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Charlotte Lucas, George Wickham, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet, Jane Bennet, Mary Bennet, Catherine Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Charles Bingley, Caroline Bingley, William Collins, Catherine de BourghPlaces
England, Brighton, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Meryton, Longbourn, Netherfield, Pemberley, Great Britain, Ying guoTimes
1789-1820, 19th century, Jin daiShowing 21 featured editions. View all 2467 editions?
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Pride and Prejudice
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Table of Contents
| Introduction | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| The Penguin Edition of the Novels of Jane Austen | ||
| Note on the Text | ||
| Further Reading | ||
| Pride and Prejudice | ||
| List of Emendations | ||
| Notes |
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Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.
Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming very poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the girls marry well to support the others, which is a motivation that drives the plot.
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| February 27, 2022 | Edited by lisaBot | moving edition(s) to primary work |
| January 30, 2022 | Edited by Lisa | Edited without comment. |
| January 30, 2022 | Edited by Lisa | Moved edition to primary work. |
| December 29, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | Imported from Scriblio MARC record. |