Pride and Prejudice
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3.5 • 1.2K Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” With all the twists and turns of a soap opera, Pride and Prejudice chronicles the drama that ensues when the wealthy bachelor Mr. Darcy moves close to the Bennet family home in the English countryside. The news of his arrival sends the socially ambitious Mrs. Bennet-whose main concern is finding suitable matches for her five daughters-into overdrive.
The book’s main character, the high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet, is a strikingly modern heroine: a woman who refuses to lower her expectations or transform herself to suit society’s norms. Austen’s novel achieves a remarkable balance, serving up barbed criticism of the obsession with money, status, and matrimony even as it draws us into a swoon-worthy love story. At its heart, Pride and Prejudice is a romantic comedy, and a darned great one at that. It’s so much fun to turn the pages and wonder about Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy: Will they or won’t they overcome their excessive pride and initial prejudices to make a happily-ever-after connection?
Customer Reviews
A great read
I thought it was a wonderful read. Although the sentences were long and the story moved rather quickly at the end, I thoroughly enjoyed the hours it took me to finish the book.
Pride and Prejudice
This remarkable story has had a deep and fantastic impression on me. It has told of the most acute discriminations in human history : gender and poverty discrimination. Winding them into a fruitful twist of love and sacrifice. This book is the model of how we should carry out our lives. Mr Darcy, represents the highest position, a wealthy man. Elizabeth represents the lowest position, a poor female. When Mr Darcy goes as far down in the chain of aristocratic society to court Elizabeth. It represents how the people of today and the generations of the future must carry their ways, to ignore the pride and prejudice of today and
give the hope of tomorrow. To reach way down and lift way up. To put aside the differences that create an unhealthy line of pride, and start making a difference. To cast away our prejudice and bring back love. This book tells of who the worlds greatest enemies are:
Pride and Prejudice
Basic For Adults
Well, nothing much to say. But for adults, this could be a bit interesting.