Pride and Prejudice (Paperback)

Pride and Prejudice Book Description

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist. Her novels were all written and set around Regency Era. The theme of her stories centered upon the limited provincial world in which she lived for the first twenty-six years of her life. She never married and died at age 41. She began writing her first novel in 1789. Her family life was conducive to writing; the Austen family often enacted plays, which gave her an opportunity to present her stories. Her close analysis of character displayed both a warm sense of humour and a hardy realism: vanity, selfishness and a lack of self-knowledge are among the faults most severely judged in her novels. Criticized for being repetitive, her plots are nonetheless well structured, and reveal a sincere love of perfection and minutiae of detail that she believed was one of the prerogatives of any potential writer. Amongst her famous works are: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), Northanger Abbey (1818), and Persuasion (1818).

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Jane Austen has contributed to Pride and Prejudice as an author. Although Jane Austen was only moderately successful in her lifetime, her six novels--including "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma"--are true classics, beloved by millions through-out the world.

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•   By Manav 30 Jun 2008
  All-time-favorite

  A very good entertaining book by Jane Austen. it is a charming book. The story is portrayed in England in 17th century. The story is about Benett family. The father, mother and their five daughters. The mother is insecure about marriages of her daughters. All the daughters are different. They have different feeling and emotions. The second daughter is Elizabeth. She is intelligent, pretty and independent. The love story of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy is quite interesting and humorous when Elizabeth misunderstands him. The way Jane Austen has linked all the characters is admiring. This book is awesome, Its an amazing novel. I feel that this story is something different and so everybody should read this.

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