Pride and Prejudice

The romantic clash of two headstrong young men provides the central theme of Pride and Prejudice. The vivacious Elizabeth Bennet is both fascinated and repelled by the arrogant Mr. Darcy, whose condescending airs and acrid tongue have alienated her entire family. Their energetic courtship takes place against a backdrop of assembly-dance flirtations and drawing-room intrigue. Jane Austen's famous novel captures the affectations of class-conscious Victorian families with marital objectives and rivalries. Its people are universal; They live a truth beyond time, change or caricature. George Eliot called Jane Austen "the greatest artist who ever wrote," and Sir Walter Scott wrote of her work: "There is a truth of painting in her writings that always delights me." --back cover

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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 dai. Showing 21 featured editions. See all 4038 editions?

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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 book's dynamic protagonist who learns about the repercussions of snap judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial kindness and real kindness.