Pride And Prejudice
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few novels in the English language have endured with such grace and ferocity as Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's razor-sharp portrait of manners, matrimony, and self-deception in Regency-era England. At its heart is Elizabeth Bennet — witty, perceptive, and refreshingly independent — whose sparring match with the wealthy and seemingly arrogant Mr. Darcy ignites one of literature's most beloved courtships, set against the comic backdrop of a society where a woman's future hinges entirely on the man she marries. Austen's genius lies in her masterful deployment of free indirect discourse, a technique that allows her ironic narrative voice to inhabit her characters' thoughts while simultaneously exposing their blind spots. Pride and Prejudice argues, with elegant precision, that true compatibility demands not just attraction but honest self-knowledge — a lesson both Elizabeth and Darcy must earn through humiliation and growth. This Heron Books edition, featuring an introduction by the distinguished literary critic V.S. Pritchett, offers readers both a gateway into Austen's world and a scholarly perspective on her enduring legacy. Whether encountered for the first time or the tenth, the novel's final pages leave one wondering: how many of our own prejudices remain yet unexamined?
Author: Jane Austen
Format: Hardback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Few novels in the English language have endured with such grace and ferocity as Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's razor-sharp portrait of manners, matrimony, and self-deception in Regency-era England. At its heart is Elizabeth Bennet — witty, perceptive, and refreshingly independent — whose sparring match with the wealthy and seemingly arrogant Mr. Darcy ignites one of literature's most beloved courtships, set against the comic backdrop of a society where a woman's future hinges entirely on the man she marries. Austen's genius lies in her masterful deployment of free indirect discourse, a technique that allows her ironic narrative voice to inhabit her characters' thoughts while simultaneously exposing their blind spots. Pride and Prejudice argues, with elegant precision, that true compatibility demands not just attraction but honest self-knowledge — a lesson both Elizabeth and Darcy must earn through humiliation and growth. This Heron Books edition, featuring an introduction by the distinguished literary critic V.S. Pritchett, offers readers both a gateway into Austen's world and a scholarly perspective on her enduring legacy. Whether encountered for the first time or the tenth, the novel's final pages leave one wondering: how many of our own prejudices remain yet unexamined?