Pride and Prejudice (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

Pride and Prejudice (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

<DIV> <DIV> One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, <I>Pride and Prejudice</I> 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.<BR>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.<BR>A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.</DIV></DIV>