Pride and Prejudice

Klappentext Introduction and Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood, University of Sussex. Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. Zusammenfassung The garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this! she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. This is an ironic novel of manners.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Austen, J. Austen
• Assisted by: Keith Carabine (Editor), Keith Carabine (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 10.11.1992
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781853260001
• ISBN: 978-1-85326-000-1
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions (packing): 11.4 x 18 x 2.5 cm
• Series: Wordsworth Classics; Wadsworth Collection; Wordsworth classics
• Subjects: FICTION / Classics; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Literature - Classics / Criticism; Classic fiction: general and literary