Pride and Prejudice(English edition)
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Publisher Description
Pride and Prejudice: The book revolves around the theme that Mrs Bennet is primarily concerned with finding suitable husbands for her five daughters, and the story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the five daughters. The hero Darcy is rich, noble but have excessive pride; Elizabeth who is Young, headstrong, intelligent and lively have prejudice against Darcy. Love between them is flickering and very difficult to develop, but finally they broke this pride and prejudice. At the end of the work, both overcome their differences and first impressions to fall in love with each other.
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)
