Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'

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'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'

Austen's best-loved tale of love, marriage and society in class-conscious Georgian England still delights modern readers today with its comedy and characters. It follows the feisty, quick-witted Elizabeth Bennet as her parents seek to ensure good marriages for her and her sisters in order to secure their future. The protagonists Darcy and Elizabeth learn much about themselves and those around them and Austen's expertly crafted comedy characters of Mrs Bennet and Mr Collins demonstrate her great artistry as a writer.

Robert Irvine's edition of Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a wonderfully illuminating text of an often misunderstood classicIrvine's introduction is subtle, shrewd, and penetrating, offering a convincing historical and cultural interpretation of Austen's novel that will help readers to understand its full complexity." - John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania

"Elizabeth and Darcy come to life—rich, historical life—in this brilliant Broadview edition. Thanks to a compelling introduction and capacious appendices, we can see how their private compromise enacts a public one: old and new wealth merge as the English appropriate their own elite 'as an aesthetic phenomenon'—an appropriation that transforms national identity into a matter of 'culture.' Irvine's Pride and Prejudice matches a carefully annotated text with a critical frame that synthesizes the seemingly disparate strands—political, socio-economic, feminist—of recent Austen criticism." - Clifford Siskin, University of Glasgow

Robert P. Irvine, of the Department of English Literature, University of Edinburgh, has previously published on Smollett and Scott.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781551110288
ISBN 10	1551110288
Title	Pride and Prejudice
Author	Jane Austen
Series	Broadview Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Broadview Press Ltd
Year published	2020-04-30
Number of pages	493
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.