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  • Surprisingly charming.

  • I avoided reading this novel since high school, as I thought it sounded tremendously boring. In the same way that people who have never really had to do much public speaking work up an irrational fear of it because of others' fear of it, I feared this novel would be a complete snorefest and kept my ... Continue

    I avoided reading this novel since high school, as I thought it sounded tremendously boring. In the same way that people who have never really had to do much public speaking work up an irrational fear of it because of others' fear of it, I feared this novel would be a complete snorefest and kept my distance. As an English major in undergrad, it finally caught up with me in a 19th century British fiction class. To my great and pleasant surprise, I found myself caught up in the timeless, though predictable, "courtship" between Darcy and Elizabeth, but most of all, Austen's clever prose and the hilarious Mr. Bennet. Set your fears aside and take the plunge--it's worth the time.

    

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  • What is there to say about Pride and Prejudice? No one should be without this book on their shelf at home.

    

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  • What can I say? I love Liz - strong, knowledgable, and bold.

    Or maybe I'm looking for Mr. Darcy too!

    

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  • Bought for me and reading with Gen.

    

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  • My favorite book to date. Creative, thoughtful, insightful, romantic, original, exciting.

    

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  • This is probably Jane Austen's most famous novel, with good reason. The characters are so interesting all with different voices and ideas. It's amazing how family is depicted in this novel, the Bennet's are real people and you can feel the love below all the chatter. Excellent love story, believable ... Continue

    This is probably Jane Austen's most famous novel, with good reason. The characters are so interesting all with different voices and ideas. It's amazing how family is depicted in this novel, the Bennet's are real people and you can feel the love below all the chatter. Excellent love story, believable most importantly. What about Mr. Darcy? I can see him in my minds eye whenever I re-read it. Of course I'm Lizzie!

    

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대표적인 18세기 영국 여류작가 제인 오스틴의 대표작으로, 시골 지주 베네트가의 5자매를 중심으로 한 젊은이들의 감정과 사랑의 이야기를 여성 특유의 필치로 섬세하게 엮은 수작. 주인공들의 심리 변화를 특유의 편안하고 재치에 넘치는 문체로 묘사하고 있으며, 정확한 성격 묘사와 날카로운 예지, 인간의 희극을 묘사하는 작가적 탁월함을 엿볼 수 있는 작품이다.

주인공 엘리자베스는 자신의 이상과 결혼 생활의 꿈을 만족시켜 줄 배우자를 선택하는 과정에서 자신의 편견과 미몽에 부딪히게 된다. 작가는 이를 깨우치고 극복해 나가는 여주인공의 심리 변화를 그녀 특유의 편안하고 재치에 넘치는 문체로 묘사하고 있다. 예리한 인간 관찰, 교묘한 구성, 재치 있는 유머가 적절히 혼합되어 있는 이 작품은 제인 오스틴의 작품 중에서뿐 아니라 세계 문학 작품 중에서도 최고로 손꼽힌다.

이 책은 오리지널 텍스트와 더불어 새로운 작가연보, 더 읽을만한 자료에 대한 설명, Tony Tanner의 작품 소개글등이 실려있어 독자들의 이해와 재미를 더해줄 것이다.

English literature's most beloved comedy of manners
Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet. Her early determination to dislike Mr. Darcy is a prejudice only matched by the folly of his arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to true feelings in a comedy profoundly concerned with happiness and how it might be achieved.

'Pride and Prejudice has always been the most popular of Jane Austen's books … with its good humoured comedy, its sunny heroine, its dream denouement' (Claire Tomalin)
'These modern editions are to be strongly recommended for their scrupulous texts, informative notes and helpful introductions' (Brian Southam, the Jane Austen Society) [예스24 제공]

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