Pride and Prejudice, Paperback
Descriere
One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, Pride and Prejudice was penned as a popular entertainment. But the consummate artistry of Jane Austen (1775-1817) transformed this effervescent tale of rural romance into a witty, shrewdly observed satire of English country life that is now regarded as one of the principal treasures of English language. In a remote Hertfordshire village, far off the good coach roads of George III's England, a country squire of no great means must marry off his five vivacious daughters. At the heart of this all-consuming enterprise are his headstrong second daughter Elizabeth Bennet and her aristocratic suitor Fitzwilliam Darcy -- two lovers whose pride must be humbled and prejudices dissolved before the novel can come to its splendid conclusion. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Despre autor
Jane Austen a fost o scriitoare engleză, considerată una dintre figurile centrale ale literaturii engleze și o reprezentantă majoră a realismului timpuriu. Este cunoscută în principal pentru cele șase romane ale sale, în care analizează și comentează implicit structurile sociale ale gentry-ului rural englez, respectiv mica nobilime proprietară de pământ, de la sfârșitul secolului al XVIII-lea.
