Overview
'This perfect indifference, and your pointed dislike, make it so
delightfully absurd!' Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of
readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully
choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its
absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their
neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters
are turned inside out and menide down. Pride encounters prejudice,
upward-mobility confronts social disdain, and quick-wittedness
challenges sagacity, as misconceptions and hasty judgements lead to
heartache and scandal, but eventually to true understanding,
self-knowledge, and love. In this supremely satisfying story, Jane
Austen balances comedy with seriousness, and witty observation with
profound insight. If Elizabeth Bennet returns again and again to her
letter from Mr Darcy, readers of the novel are drawn even more
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