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Pride and Prejudice

By Jane Austen

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| Paperback | 9780582529137

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A perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Editions series, Pride and Prejudice is based on the 1813 first edition text, which has been thoroughly annotated for undergraduate readers.

"Backgrounds and Sources" includes biographical portraits of Austen by members of her family and by accContinue

A perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Editions series, Pride and Prejudice is based on the 1813 first edition text, which has been thoroughly annotated for undergraduate readers.

"Backgrounds and Sources" includes biographical portraits of Austen by members of her family and by acclaimed biographers Claire Tomalin and David Nokes. Seventeen of Austen's letters—eight of them new to the Third Edition—allow readers to glimpse the close-knit society that was Austen's world, both in life and in her writing. Samples of Austen's early writing—from the epistolary Love and FriendshipA Collection of Letters—allow readers to trace her growth as a writer as well as to read her fiction comparatively.

"Criticism" features eighteen assessments of the novel by nineteenth- and twentieth-century commentators, six of them new to the Third Edition. Among them is an interview with Colin Firth on the recent BBC television adaptation of the novel. Also included are pieces by Richard Whately, Margaret Oliphant, Richard Simpson, D. W. Harding, Dorothy Van Ghent, Alistair Duckworth, Stuart Tave, Marilyn Butler, Nina Auerbach, Susan Morgan, Claudia L. Johnson, Susan Fraiman, Deborah Kaplan, Tara Goshal Wallace, Cheryl L. Nixon, David Spring, Edward Ahearn, and Donald Gray.

Also included are a Note on Money, a Chronology of Austen's life and work—new to the Third Edition—and an updated Selected Bibliography.

About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehenive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Ah, the benefits to a good book of a classic first line. 'Call me Ishmael.' 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.' Who can forget Iain Banks' 'It was the day my grandmother exploded'? Or those timeless words by Ja ... (read full critics)

thebookbag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a brand as successful and limited as the Jane Austen industry must be in want of diversification. (It is a further truth that anyone writing about Austen must begin with a variant of that sentence.) Even th ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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One of the best novels ever

If you love good books you cannot miss this one. It's the perfect mix of wit, good plot, great characters and a story that is never old or boring. Definitely a must for everyone.

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AlittaM said on Aug 7, 2007 | Add your feedback

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i can't believe I bought this (even if it's so cheap), for I have read this many many times. The thing is, every time I pick it up, I can't put it down. I love this book!

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Magdalene said on Jul 27, 2007 | 1 feedback

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A must!

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Fornoone142 said on May 28, 2007 | Add your feedback

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Piacere, sono Lorenzo, e sono la prevedibilità

Tutti hanno un Io letterario. E io, stanco di essere additato come tale, ho deciso di leggere il libro della mia controparte letteraria, alias Elizabeth Bennett. E porca miseria, mi sa che la gente non ha tutti i torti, se non per un particolare: il lieto fine con Mr Darcy. La mia ammirazione per Li ... (continue)

Tutti hanno un Io letterario. E io, stanco di essere additato come tale, ho deciso di leggere il libro della mia controparte letteraria, alias Elizabeth Bennett. E porca miseria, mi sa che la gente non ha tutti i torti, se non per un particolare: il lieto fine con Mr Darcy. La mia ammirazione per Lizzy non ha eguali, e soprattutto la sua decisa opposizione al pretendente, alle convenzioni e a ciò che non le è congeniale, fanno di lei una delle mie icone. Che tristezza vero? Molta. Ma è ciò che penso. Ottimo libro, lettura svelta e scorrevole, pochi punti morti, narrazione efficace e molto acuta. Non innamoratevi di Mr Darcy, come è successo al sottoscritto, appunto, la prevedibilità.

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Basta aprire un libro e.... eccovi catapultati nel mondo di Jane Austen, nel mondo di Pride and Prejudice.
Un libro perfetto, dove ogni cosa è perfettamente bilanciata: l'ironia, il romanticismo, la semplice raffinatezza della scrittura, tutto è nella sua giusta misura.
Un capolavoro.

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Zouzou said on Jan 20, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback