Book Review of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Name of Book: Pride and Prejudice Author: Jane Austen ISBN: 9780451525888 Publisher: Signet Type of book: 1800s, Regency, England, marriage, wealth, love, classical Year it was published: 1813 (version I have 1961) Summary: The romantic clash of two opinionated young people provides the sustaining theme of Pride and Prejudice. Vivacious Elizabeth Bennet is fascinated and repelled by the arrogant Mr. Darcy, whose condescending airs and acrid tongue have alienated her entire family. Their spirited courtship is conducted against a background of assembly-ball flirtations and drawing-room intrigues. Jane Austen's famous novel captures the affections of class-conscious 18th century English families with matrimonial aims and rivalries. Her people are universal; they live a truth beyond time, change, or caricature. George Eliot called Jane Austen "the greatest artist that has ever written," and Sir Walter Scott wrote of her work, "There is a truth of paint...