Oxford World's Classics

Jane Austen, The James Kinsley, Fiona J. Stafford

Oxford University Press, 2004 - Fiction - 333 pages

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighborhood, the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down. Pride encounters prejudice, upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness challenges sagacity, as misconceptions and hasty judgements lead to heartache and scandal, but eventually to true understanding, self-knowledge, and love.
In this supremely satisfying story, Jane Austen balances comedy with seriousness, and witty observation with profound insight. This new edition includes a new introduction, updated notes, and new appendices on social rank and dancing in 19th-century England.

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Review: Pride and Prejudice

User Review  - Alicia - Goodreads

Ok, so this was the first time reading this book. I also have only seen parts of the movie over the years, so aside from a happy ending I wasn't sure what was to occur. A number of characters offended ...

Review: Pride and Prejudice

User Review  - Alice Marshall - Goodreads

I finished Pride & Prejudice and, you know what? I completely get it. I now understand why there is such a massive hype around Jane Austen, especially in America. Her writing is obviously amazing and ...

About the author

Fiona Stafford is the author of The Last of the Race: The Growth of a Myth from Milton to Darwin (Clarendon Press, 1994), Starting Lines in Scottish, Irish and English Poetry: From Burns to Heaney (OUP, 2000) and the editor of Lodore in the Complete Works of Mary Shelley. She is the editor of Austen's Emma in Penguin Classics.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Oxford World's Classics; Oxford World's Classics Series, Oxford World's Classics Series; The world's classics
• Authors: Jane Austen, The James Kinsley, Fiona J. Stafford
• Editor: The James Kinsley
• Contributor: Fiona J. Stafford
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0192802380, 9780192802385
• Length: 333 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Romance / General