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Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)
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Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics) Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN: 9780553213102
ISBN: 0553213105
Label: Bantam Classics
Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 352
Publication Date: 1983-12-01
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Product Release Date: 1983-12-01
Studio: Bantam Classics
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN: 9780553213102
ISBN: 0553213105
Label: Bantam Classics
Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 352
Publication Date: 1983-12-01
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Product Release Date: 1983-12-01
Studio: Bantam Classics
Editorial Review of Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)
Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous, sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes her sound like an insufferable goody-goody, but the truth is she's a completely hip character, who if provoked is not above skewering her antagonist with a piece of her exceptionally sharp -- but always polite -- 18th century wit. The point is, you spend the whole book absolutely fixated on the critical question: will Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy hook up?
Customer Reviews of Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)
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Review Summary: An affordable, sturdy edition!
Review:
This edition of Pride and Prejudice by Barnes and Noble [buyer beware: there is another cheaper edition by B&N which is flimsy and not at all sturdy, in paperback] is beautifully bound, with a cloth spine, and has a lovely portrait on the cover. The text is not too small unlike some other editions, it makes for comfortable reading. The book itself is sturdy, as it is in hardback, but not unwieldy - it fits nicely into my hands. Besides the main text of Austen's novel itself, it has added features - a brief chronology of the world of Jane Austen & Pride and Prejudice, an introduction, the main text, as well as useful endnotes,works inspired by Pride and Prejudice,comments, as well as a list of resources for further reading and criticisms. In all, a value buy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Pride and Prejudice
Review: Jane Austen is a romantic and has written many books about romance, wealth, and pride. One of the greatest classics she has written is Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is about a young woman named Elizabeth Bennet who lives in England in the early 1800s. Elizabeth is expected to marry a man of wealth but has vowed to the contrary and will only marry for love. Austen keeps you at the edge of your seat wondering whether Elizabeth and the very proud, Mr. Darcy, will ever fall in love despite their opposing views on wealth, social status, and pride.
Austen expresses so eloquently the intelligence and compassion of Elizabeth and portrays a dashing Mr. Darcy who discovers that his wealth will not guarantee him love and happiness. Both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy discover that love through understanding and patience can penetrate the stereotypes of the wealthy and the middle class. Austen also points out that although marrying for love, regardless of wealth and social status is ideal, sometimes people are not free to marry for love but marry due to obligation to their family. The character development is one of the greatest strengths of this book. The complexity of all the characters made the book come to life. Mr. Collins provides much comic relief and Mrs. Bennet is portrayed as a silly woman who would be any daughter's or husband's nightmare. The only weakness I find in this book is the frustration I felt for Jane and her content nature. Maybe this just emphasizes the strength of Elizabeth`s character. Pride and Prejudice is a classic for a reason, it is a book that you can read again and again. Although this book was written in the 1800's, it is still relevant in today's society.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Love it
Review: This book is truly a love story classic. I enjoy all of Jane Austen's work, but this one has always been my favorite.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Warning - This isn't the original novel
Review: Most of these reviews seem to be culled from various editions of the actual Pride and Prejudice, but please note that this particular edition is a children's version, not the true book: for readers age 9-12 and only 48 pages long. Amazon should make this clearer.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Pride and Prejudice: an amzing classic novel
Review: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is a classic novel about the rituals, problems, and reasons of getting married. The book starts off saying, "it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." (1) The story is seen threw the eyes of a young woman, named Elizabeth Bennet, and around her there are numerous couples who are getting married or already married, and whom she has many opinions about. Elizabeth is also expected to find a suitable husband for herself. Elizabeth is described as "tolerable" looking, she judges people, and her father's house is entailed so she needs to be married or else she will never have a possibility of having money. Elizabeth's conflict is that she needs to find a husband but has very high expectations. Her conflict is both internal and external. It is external because society makes it so that she needs to find a husband or else she will be thrown in the mercy of other people. It is internal because she wants to find the perfect one for herself so that makes it harder to find a good husband. I thought that this novel was a lot like Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte because they both took place in eighteenth century England when women didn't have much choices of what their futures could be. I think that a suitable age group for this book would probably be anywhere from fourteen or older because it had some hard language in it that was difficult to understand. I really enjoyed reading this book because it is very engaging and different than a lot of other books.
Review Summary: An affordable, sturdy edition!
Review:
This edition of Pride and Prejudice by Barnes and Noble [buyer beware: there is another cheaper edition by B&N which is flimsy and not at all sturdy, in paperback] is beautifully bound, with a cloth spine, and has a lovely portrait on the cover. The text is not too small unlike some other editions, it makes for comfortable reading. The book itself is sturdy, as it is in hardback, but not unwieldy - it fits nicely into my hands. Besides the main text of Austen's novel itself, it has added features - a brief chronology of the world of Jane Austen & Pride and Prejudice, an introduction, the main text, as well as useful endnotes,works inspired by Pride and Prejudice,comments, as well as a list of resources for further reading and criticisms. In all, a value buy.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Pride and Prejudice
Review: Jane Austen is a romantic and has written many books about romance, wealth, and pride. One of the greatest classics she has written is Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is about a young woman named Elizabeth Bennet who lives in England in the early 1800s. Elizabeth is expected to marry a man of wealth but has vowed to the contrary and will only marry for love. Austen keeps you at the edge of your seat wondering whether Elizabeth and the very proud, Mr. Darcy, will ever fall in love despite their opposing views on wealth, social status, and pride.
Austen expresses so eloquently the intelligence and compassion of Elizabeth and portrays a dashing Mr. Darcy who discovers that his wealth will not guarantee him love and happiness. Both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy discover that love through understanding and patience can penetrate the stereotypes of the wealthy and the middle class. Austen also points out that although marrying for love, regardless of wealth and social status is ideal, sometimes people are not free to marry for love but marry due to obligation to their family. The character development is one of the greatest strengths of this book. The complexity of all the characters made the book come to life. Mr. Collins provides much comic relief and Mrs. Bennet is portrayed as a silly woman who would be any daughter's or husband's nightmare. The only weakness I find in this book is the frustration I felt for Jane and her content nature. Maybe this just emphasizes the strength of Elizabeth`s character. Pride and Prejudice is a classic for a reason, it is a book that you can read again and again. Although this book was written in the 1800's, it is still relevant in today's society.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Love it
Review: This book is truly a love story classic. I enjoy all of Jane Austen's work, but this one has always been my favorite.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Warning - This isn't the original novel
Review: Most of these reviews seem to be culled from various editions of the actual Pride and Prejudice, but please note that this particular edition is a children's version, not the true book: for readers age 9-12 and only 48 pages long. Amazon should make this clearer.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Pride and Prejudice: an amzing classic novel
Review: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is a classic novel about the rituals, problems, and reasons of getting married. The book starts off saying, "it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." (1) The story is seen threw the eyes of a young woman, named Elizabeth Bennet, and around her there are numerous couples who are getting married or already married, and whom she has many opinions about. Elizabeth is also expected to find a suitable husband for herself. Elizabeth is described as "tolerable" looking, she judges people, and her father's house is entailed so she needs to be married or else she will never have a possibility of having money. Elizabeth's conflict is that she needs to find a husband but has very high expectations. Her conflict is both internal and external. It is external because society makes it so that she needs to find a husband or else she will be thrown in the mercy of other people. It is internal because she wants to find the perfect one for herself so that makes it harder to find a good husband. I thought that this novel was a lot like Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte because they both took place in eighteenth century England when women didn't have much choices of what their futures could be. I think that a suitable age group for this book would probably be anywhere from fourteen or older because it had some hard language in it that was difficult to understand. I really enjoyed reading this book because it is very engaging and different than a lot of other books.