Pride And Prejudice Paperback

Jane Austen

€œIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.€ So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen€™s witty comedy of manners. The story follows the main character Elizabeth bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Jane Austen's value lies in her portraiture of her characters which are believably human in their concerns, vanities, and failings. The plots serve largely to showcase their interaction and thus, her observations of human nature, which are pointed, accurate, and hysterical. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Fitzwilliam Darcy for the first time at a ball, she writes him off as an arrogant and obnoxious man. He not only acts like an insufferable snob, but she also overhears him rejecting the very idea of asking her for a dance! The story details the spirited courtship between proud Mr Darcy and Elizabeth. As life pits them against each other again and again, Darcy begins to fall for Elizabeth's wit and intelligence and Elizabeth begins to question her feelings about Darcy. When Darcy saves her youngest sister Lydia from a scandal, Elizabeth starts to wonder if her pride has prejudiced her opinion of Darcy. Through this tale about two warring hearts, Jane Austen weaves a witty satire about life in eighteenth-century England. The comedy of the writing lies in the depiction of manners, education, and marriage and money in the British Regency. Though this story was published more than two centuries ago, Pride and Prejudice continues to enthral readers to this very day. It keeps consistently appearing near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among both literary scholars and the general public. Pride and Prejudice has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold, and paved the way for many archetypes that abound in modern literature. Pride and Prejudice has inspired numerous adaptations since its inception.

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English

Manakin Press

2016

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