false 69565476 295524 110819 1566190932 9781566190930 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1201111182m/110819.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1201111182s/110819.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110819.Pride_and_Prejudice 4.48 82 Pride and Prejudice, one of the great original works of fiction. The story centers around the charming and vibrant Elizabeth Bennett, one of five sisters whose family circumstances dictates they marry well, and it concerns the misunderstandings that can result - sometimes hilariously - from hasty judgments.

The novel's dialogue sparkles with wit and sarcasm, and many of its characters, both central and minor, demonstrate that Austen clearly takes a comic view of the human condition. But Pride and Prejudice is more than a comedy of manners and marriage. Indeed, in her portrayal of the relationship between Elizabeth Bennett and the arrogant bachelor, Fitzwilliam Darcy, who pursues her, Austen gives a sensitive, realistic view of how an intelligent person undergoes a transformation of feeling. She also writes about what is perennially familiar: embarrassment at the foolishness of relatives, the unsteady feelings of falling in love, and the humiliation one suffers when one realizes one has made a mistake, behaved badly, or wronged another.

From its complex understanding of the human condition and of the maneuverings of people in love, to its witty elegance of expression, Pride and Prejudice has much to distinguish it - and much to delight readers, reading after reading.

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