Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen Main Market Edition
Author(s): Jane Austen (Author), Hugh Thomson (Illustrator), Henry Hitchings (Introduction)
Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
Publication Date: 14 July 2016
Edition: Main Market
Language: English
Print length: 496 pages
ISBN-10: 190962165X
ISBN-13: 9781909621657
Book Description
Jane Austen’s best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason and, above all, the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions. This pocket-sized gift edition has the original illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Pride and Prejudice is soon to be a new Netflix series starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden.
A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr Darcy must have their pride humbled and their prejudices dissolved before they can acknowledge their love for each other.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful hardbacks make perfect presents for book lovers, or wonderful additions to your own collection. This edition contains an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings.
Editorial Reviews
Review
An unputdownable read that challenges perceptions, and subtly marks a line in feminist history and thought — Victoria Lambert ― The Telegraph
Jane Austen’s self-enclosed world enveloped me, soothing in its contours and assumptions . . . irresistible — Susan Chira ―
The New York Times
Review
An unputdownable read that challenges perceptions, and subtly marks a line in feminist history and thought — Victoria Lambert ― The Telegraph
Jane Austen’s self-enclosed world enveloped me, soothing in its contours and assumptions . . . irresistible — Susan Chira ―
The New York Times
From the Inside Flap
A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice shows how the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet and the aristocratic Mr Darcy must have their pride humbled and their prejudices dissolved before they can acknowledge their love for each other. Jane Austen’s best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason, and above all the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions.
Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector’s Library edition also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings.
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector’s Library are books to love and treasure.
From the Back Cover
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About the Author
Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.
Henry Hitchings was born in 1974. He has written mainly about language and history, starting with
Dr Johnson’s Dictionary. The Secret Life of Words won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Somerset Maugham Award, as well as seeing him shortlisted for the title of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. The Language Wars completed what was in effect a trilogy of books about language. He is a prolific critic and has made several programmes for radio and television on subjects including Erasmus Darwin, the eighteenth-century English novel and the history of manners. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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