Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated)
Regency Coming of Age Historical Romance Classic
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Publisher Description
Smart and witty, Elizabeth Bennett desires a marriage for love regardless, of wealth and station. Her dreams of finding a man who will accept her for who she is, not who society and social status demand, may be doomed to failure as her mother plots to marry all of her daughters to men who will advance their social position regardless of whether there is love involved or not.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, a confirmed bachelor meets his match when Elizabeth Bennett is introduced to him by his best friend, Charles Bingley. Their relationship starts off on the wrong foot and with each meeting he seems to dig himself deeper into the weeds. In addition to his own failure with one of the Bennett daughters, he also conspires to 'save' his friend Charles from the clutches of Elizabeth’s sister, Jane.
Elizabeth has feelings for Mr. Darcy and Mr. Darcy has feeling for Elizabeth, however outside forces and their own stubborn pride keeps getting in the way.
Find yourself spellbound by the interaction between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, holding your breath each time they stumble and cheering for them to discover the truth of their feelings for each other. From moment to moment, as family, friends, and unseen circumstances bring them together and pull them apart, you will find yourself turning the pages in anticipation of the ultimate reward...true love!
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This classic novel contains romance, comedy, realism, and sharp irony. Pride and Prejudice is a historical novel set in the Regency era.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Collagist Fabe adds flair to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with 39 original illustrations that accompany the unabridged text. Fabe's collages overlay bright, watercolor-washed scenes with retro cut-paper figures and objects sampled from fashion magazines from the 1930s to the '50s. Accompanying each tableau is a quote from the Pride and Prejudice passage that inspired it. Like Austen's book, Fabe's work explores arcane customs of beauty and courtship, pageantry and social artifice: in one collage, a housewife holds a tray of drinks while a man sits happily with a sandwich in hand in the distance. While tinged with irony and more than a dash of social commentary, the collages nevertheless have a spirit of glee and evidence deep reverence for the novel. As Fabe describes in a preface, Austen "was a little bit mean the way real people are mean so there are both heroes and nincompoops. Family is both beloved and annoying. That is Austen's genius, her ability to describe people in all their frailty and humor." This is a sweet and visually appealing homage. (BookLife)
