Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice (Paperback, 1995, Penguin Books)
'I must confess I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print', wrote Jane Austen of Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice.
Few readers have disagreed. Yet Elizabeth's vivacity, beauty and wit leave Jane Austen's hero Mr Darcy unmoved on their first meeting, and. his aloof superiority is more than matched by Elizabeth's cool disdain. Darcy is peremptorily dismissed - 'the last man in the world I could be prevailed upon to marry' - whereupon, in one of English literature's sublime volte-faces, Elizabeth is …
'I must confess I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print', wrote Jane Austen of Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice.
Few readers have disagreed. Yet Elizabeth's vivacity, beauty and wit leave Jane Austen's hero Mr Darcy unmoved on their first meeting, and. his aloof superiority is more than matched by Elizabeth's cool disdain. Darcy is peremptorily dismissed - 'the last man in the world I could be prevailed upon to marry' - whereupon, in one of English literature's sublime volte-faces, Elizabeth is compelled to realize that hasty first impressions are not always the truest. Pride and Prejudice is'probably Jane Austen's best-loved work and certainly her most popular. In its sparkling comedy of love and marriage, wit, form and feeling achieve a perfect balance.
Source: back cover
Paperback, 346 pages
English language
Published Nov. 21, 1995 by Penguin Books.
Jane Austen sneakily exposes the appalling treatment of women in this cutting and often hilarious satirical examination of the English Patriarchy during the Classic Regency period. One can't help wondering what further mischief, Elizabeth if furnished with extensive wealth and position, would get up to in the future.
A delightful period Novel of immense and understated importance that denounces misogyny through the artifice of satirical romcom.
