"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.
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...ContinuaÈ un fatto universalmente noto che questa opera sia un capolavoro indiscutibile. Quasi non me la sento di recensirlo quindi lascerò al massimo un commento. Romantico, passionale, carico di risentimento e di orgoglio. Per tutto il tempo ti verrebbe voglia di urlare ‘Elizabeth svegliati, non è come credi!’ , solo per alleviare le pene di quel brav uomo di Mr. Darcy. Lo rileggerei centinaia di volte e ogni volta mi piacerebbe fosse la prima.
...Continua喜歡這個翻譯版本，文字順暢，那個年代太過自膩的情感表現不會太多（雖然為了呈現當代女子的模樣還是得要有）。很推薦大家從這個版本接觸「傲慢與偏見」。
I have read this book multiple times--every time I read it, I find something new in Austen's wonderful writing. The novel tells the story of finding love in the reality of a mercenary world and prescribed social norms.
La Cortellesi è straordinaria. Rende questo romanzo e i suoi personaggi vivi, difficile abbandonare l'ascolto! Bravissima Cortellesi (e Jane Austen, ovviamente).
This book is my freaking jam. I love Austen's style and how she makes all the characters so realistic and ironic. It is just so modern, I can understand why, after 200 years it's still pretty up-to-date
