Pride and Prejudice - Softcover

Austen, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1521727600 ISBN 13: 9781521727607

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

Synopsis

Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgements and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing lies in the depiction of manners, education, and marriage and money in the British Regency.Mr Bennet of the Longbourn estate has five daughters, but his property is entailed, meaning that none of the girls can inherit it. Since his wife had no fortune, it is imperative that one of the girls marries well in order to support the others on his death. However, Jane Austen's opening line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" is a sentence filled with irony and playfulness. The novel revolves around the necessity of marrying for love, not simply for monetary reasons, despite the social pressures to make a good (i.e. wealthy) match.Pride and Prejudice retains the fascination of modern readers, consistently appearing near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among both literary scholars and the general public. It 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. Continuing interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes.

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About the Author

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, where her father was rector. After his death she moved with her mother and sister to Chawton, where she lived for the rest of her life. She began writing when she was 15 but her first book, Sense and Sensibility, was not published until
1811. Pride and Prejudice, probably her best known novel, was published in 1813 and her last two books, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey, were published after her death. Jane Austen died in 1817 and is buried in Winchester Cathedral.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1521727600
• ISBN 13: 9781521727607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 467
• Editor: HUNT BRYAN A., ALEXANDER A.J.