Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Mr. Bennet, owner …
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Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Mr. Bennet, owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire, has five daughters, but his property is entailed and can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, so his family faces becoming poor upon his death. Thus, it is imperative that at least one of the daughters marries well to support the others, which is a motivation that drives the plot. Pride and Prejudice has consistently appeared near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold, and has inspired many derivatives in modern literature. For more than a century, dramatic adaptations, reprints, unofficial sequels, films, and TV versions of Pride and Prejudice have portrayed the memorable characters and themes of the novel, reaching mass audiences.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 2773690
- BNF ID:
- 11960594n
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Pride and Prejudice
Paperback, 496 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2008 by Longman.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-321-10507-3Copied ISBN!
Pride and Prejudice
audio cd, 1 pages
English language
Published Aug. 14, 2014 by BBC Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-910281-31-4Copied ISBN!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2010
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-52068-5Copied ISBN!
A Guinea Pig Pride & Prejudice
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2015
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4088-6551-4Copied ISBN!
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