Pride and Prejudice
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4.6 • 28.5K Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” With all the twists and turns of a soap opera, Pride and Prejudice chronicles the drama that ensues when the wealthy bachelor Mr. Darcy moves close to the Bennet family home in the English countryside. The news of his arrival sends the socially ambitious Mrs. Bennet-whose main concern is finding suitable matches for her five daughters-into overdrive.
The book’s main character, the high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet, is a strikingly modern heroine: a woman who refuses to lower her expectations or transform herself to suit society’s norms. Austen’s novel achieves a remarkable balance, serving up barbed criticism of the obsession with money, status, and matrimony even as it draws us into a swoon-worthy love story. At its heart, Pride and Prejudice is a romantic comedy, and a darned great one at that. It’s so much fun to turn the pages and wonder about Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy: Will they or won’t they overcome their excessive pride and initial prejudices to make a happily-ever-after connection?
Customer Reviews
Love love loved it!!!!
I started reading it out of obligation but finally by the middle fell in love with all the characters and could hardly wait to read it every night!
Good for english learners
This book is great for people who english is a second language. In the first few pages, I started to realize that english grammar can vary greater than What I have learned before. The history is excellent, and it helped me to keep my attention even when the grammar was very hard to figure out.
Terrific book
I chose this as my first book to read on my iPad and I loved it. I had never read it before (I am 40) and boy was I missing a great book. Now I am off to see what other great classics I have missed.