Pride and Prejudice
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Publisher Description
Featuring a trendsetting protagonist named Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice has topped bestseller lists since its publication in 1813. Having captured the attention of scholars of 19th-century England, women's literature and feminism, the novel is truly a classic. Today, the book continues to be read, studied and adapted. Modern readers can find oddly brilliant versions of the classic like Pride and Platypus, Mr. Darcy: Vampyre, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, all hoping to sell over 20 million copies worldwide like the original.
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)
