Pride And Prejudice

by Janet Borsbey (Adaptation & Activities), Ruth Swan (Adapter), Giovanni Da Re (Illustrator)

Caution! No English version! Polish release.

128 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2009

About the author

Janet Borsbey has been working in English Language Teaching, in the UK and Italy, for many years. She is an examiner and teacher trainer with vast experience of preparing students for international examinations. She is also a freelance materials writer and has co-authored, with Ruth Swan, a number of books for the Italian secondary market. She has presented at conferences in Italy and overseas. Janet’s interests include motivation in the language classroom, CLIL and culture studies, although she is particularly committed to developing materials for extensive reading programmes at different levels within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

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Reviews

[Manik Sukoco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pride and Prejudice no doubt is a sharp and witty comedy of manners played out in early 19th Century English society, a world in which men held virtually all the power and women were required to negotiate mine-fields of social status, respectability, wealth, love and sex in order to marry both to their own liking and to the advantage of their family. And such is particularly the case of the Bennetts, a family of daughters whose father's estate is entailed to a distant relative, for upon Mr. Bennett's death they will lose home, land, income, everything. But are the Bennett daughters up to playing a winning hand in this high-stakes matrimonial game without forfeiting their own personal integrity?
This battle of the sexes is largely seen through the eyes of second daughter Elizabeth, who possesses a razor - sharp wit and rich sense of humor - and who finds herself hindered by her own mother, her sister Jane's hopeless love for the wealthy Mr. Bingley, and her sister Lydia's penchant for scandal... not to mention the high-born, formidable, and outrageously proud Mr. Darcy, who seems determined to trump her every card. But the game of love proves more surprising than either Elizabeth or Mr. Darcy can imagine, and sometimes a seemingly weak hand proves a winning one when all cards are on the table.
It is simply one of the funniest novels ever written, peopled with memorable characters brought vividly to life as they both succeed and fail at the game of life according to the manners of their era. It is a novel to which I return again and again, enjoying Austen's brilliant talent. I have little respect for people who describe it as dull, slow, out of date, for as long as men and women live and fall in love it will never be out of style, always be meaningful, and always be funny. A masterpiece of wit and style; a timeless novel for the ages.

[林冠學 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Iván]

Really good for learning purposes, the opposite for the knowledge of Jane Austen's literature.