![]() ![]() Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. ![]() ![]() Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a sparkling comedy of manners which explores the folly of judging by first impressions, and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life in early nineteenth-century England.Įdited with notes and an introduction by Vivien Jones, this edition also includes a new chronology, additional suggestions for further reading, and the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner. When she later discovers that Mr Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Mr Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. The Penguin Classics edition of Pride and Prejudice is the definitive version of Jane Austen's timeless novel of love's triumph over adversity, celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2013. ![]()
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