Pride and Prejudice
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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
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Publisher Description
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books" such as The Big Read. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. To date, the book has sold some 20 million copies worldwide.
As Anna Quindlen wrote,
Pride and Prejudice is also about that thing that all great novels consider, the search for self. And it is the first great novel that teaches us this search is as surely undertaken in the drawing room making small talk as in the pursuit of a great white whale or the public punishment of adultery.
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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)
Customer Reviews
Amazing book to read!!
I've personally loved this book! It was really interesting on how the characters come to life in those days!! I've always enjoyed reading especially English Literature just like this book! I have seen the movie many times but I just wanted to experience the book and see how it goes from there!! I've really loved reading this book! It was amazing :)
Timeless Classic
So funny, so good. Never gets old.
4.5/5
Rounding up to 5 because Books doesn’t allow me to half stars, and a 4 does not do it justice. This was the first time I read a book after having seen the film. This book was nearly perfect and added so much more to my experience watching the film. The reason it’s not fully a 5/5, 10/10, crème de la crème, is because I do wish book Darcy had the same level of passion as film Darcy did at the final confrontation and engagement. That’s not to say he was passionLESS, but he wasn’t AS passionate.