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  • Published: 29 November 1991
  • ISBN: 9781857150018
  • Imprint: Everyman
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 408
  • RRP: $36.99

Pride and Prejudice

  • Jane Austen




First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has consistently been Austen's most popular novel. It portrays life in the genteel rural society of the day, and tells of the initial misunderstandings and later mutual enlightenment between Elizabeth Bennett (whose liveliness and quick wit have often attracted readers) and the haughty Darcy.

Probably the popular favourite among Jane Austen's novels, Pride and Prejudice was the first to be written (1796-7), when the author was just twenty-one. Revised for publication thirteen years later, it combines the freshness of youth with the skill of maturity, not least in the brilliance of the characterization and the attractiveness of the heroine, Elizabeth Bennet.

  • Published: 29 November 1991
  • ISBN: 9781857150018
  • Imprint: Everyman
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 408
  • RRP: $36.99

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