Pride And Prejudice

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (RUNNER-UP FOR THE BBC BIG READ TOP 100 2003 AND THE BBC BIG READ TOP 21 2003. SHORT-LISTED FOR BBC BIG READ TOP 100 2003) One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' 'The best-loved book by our best-loved novelist' Independent With its 'light and bright and sparkling' dialogue, its romantic denouement and its lively heroine, Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's most perennially popular novel. The love story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, who misjudge, then challenge and change each other, is also a novel about the search for happiness and self- knowledge in a world of strict social rules, where a woman must marry well to survive. Edited with an introduction and notes by VIVIEN JONES Review: "The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste." -Virginia Woolf "Nobody has ever been slyer with characters than Austen." -Marlon James, "My 10 Favorite Books," in T: The New York Times Style Magazine Prizes: Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 and The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003. Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.