Pride and Prejudice: (Low Cost). Limited Edition

Publisher Marketing: Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners 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. Review Citations: Audio File 08/01/2009 pg. 60 (EAN 9789626349571, Compact Disc) Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 96 (EAN 9780143036234, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 309 (EAN 9781596792494, Library Binding) Kliatt 09/01/2005 pg. 54 (EAN 9789626343562, Compact Disc) Booklist 03/15/1993 pg. 1368 (EAN 9780886462789, Analog Audio Cassette) Newsweek 09/17/2007 pg. 18 (EAN 9780140373370, Paperback) People Weekly 12/24/2007 pg. 60 (EAN 9780140373370, Paperback) People Weekly 11/16/2009 pg. 51 (EAN 9780140373370, Paperback) Library Journal 02/01/1996 pg. 104 (EAN 9780679601685, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 34 (EAN 9780679601685, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 722 (EAN 9780679601685, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 24 (EAN 9780679601685, Hardcover) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 876 (EAN 9780679601685, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 28 (EAN 9780679601685, Hardcover) Library Journal 10/01/1995 pg. 70 (EAN 9780486284736, Paperback) Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/2013 pg. 133 (EAN 9789380028743, Paperback) School Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 110 (EAN 9789380028743, Paperback) Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2014 (EAN 9789380028743, Paperback) People Weekly 12/23/2013 pg. 57 (EAN 9780143123163, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 96 (EAN 9780142419199, Paperback) Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 108 (EAN 9780674049161, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/10/2010 pg. 111 (EAN 9780674049161, Hardcover) Books & Culture 12/27/2011 pg. 36 (EAN 9780674049161, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2009 pg. 119 (EAN 9780141040349, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Austen, Jane One of England s most beloved authors, Jane Austen wrote such classic novels as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Northanger Abbey. Published anonymously during her life, Austen s work was renowned for its realism, humour, and commentary on English social rites and society at the time. Austen s writing was supported by her family, particularly by her brother, Henry, and sister, Cassandra, who is believed to have destroyed, at Austen s request, her personal correspondence after Austen s death in 1817. Austen s authorship was revealed by her nephew in A Memoir of Jane Austen, published in 1869, and the literary value of her work has since been recognized by scholars around the world.