Pride and Prejudice - The Collector''s Edition

Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Austen's six remarkable novels, achieving the finest balance of comedy and reflection, liveliness and solemnity. It is considered one of the great love stories of English literature. Explanatory endnotes illuminate the cultural, historical and literary context, bringing Jane Austen's world to life.

List of contents

Preface; Pride and Prejudice; General Notes.

About the author

Janet Todd is a critic, editor, novelist and biographer of Aphra Behn, Mary Wollstonecraft, her daughters, and Irish pupils. Her latest novel is Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden (2022). Todd taught at Rutgers, UEA, Glasgow and Aberdeen. A former President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, she is now an Honorary Fellow of Newnham College.

Summary

Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Austen's six remarkable novels, achieving the finest balance of comedy and reflection, liveliness and solemnity. It is considered one of the great love stories of English literature. Explanatory endnotes illuminate the cultural, historical and literary context, bringing Jane Austen's world to life.

Foreword

The most popular of Austen's six novels, Pride and Prejudice is one of the great love stories of English literature.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Austen
• Assisted by: Janet Todd (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2025
• EAN: 9781009432580
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0943258-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: The Cambridge Jane Austen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Classic fiction: general and literary