Pride and Prejudice

Informationen zum Autor Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath, then to Southampton and finally to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions and was initially rejected by the publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. She published four of her novels in her lifetime, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were both published posthumously in 1818. Klappentext Discover Jane Austen's most beloved classic. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in need of financial security in the shape of husbands, so when Darcy's friend, the affable Mr Bingley, forms an attachment to Jane, Darcy becomes increasingly hard to avoid. Polite society will be turned upside down in this witty drama of friendship, rivalry and love - Jane Austen's classic romance novel. **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World** Zusammenfassung Discover Jane Austen’s most beloved classic. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jane Austen
• Editore: Vintage UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.08.2007
• EAN: 9780099511151
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951115-1
• Pagine: 384
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Serie: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics New Look; Vintage Classics
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; England, Romance, Historical romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Regency, c 1800 to c 1900, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1811 to c 1820 (Regency period), Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, FICTION / World Literature / England / 18th Century, Classic fiction: general and literary, Relating to higher socioeconomic groups / status