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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice( )
Author: Austen, Jane
Johnson, Claudia
Wolfson, Susan
ISBN:978-0-321-10507-3
Publication Date:Dec 2002
Publisher:Pearson Education
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $26.65
Book Description:

From Longman's Cultural Editions series, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , edited by Claudia Johnson and Susan Wolfson, offers the text of the first edition and is extensively annotated in several contexts, from Austen's views, to cultural issues, to first reviews and critical reception.

An informative introduction is complemented by a chronology coordinating the events of Austen's life with key events in...
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Book Details
Pages:496
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Women
Fiction / Family Life / Siblings
Fiction / Family Life / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.1 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:1.247 Pounds
Author Biography
Austen, Jane (Author)
Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41.

Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors.

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