Book description
JANUARY 2013: CELEBRATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy she is repelled by his
overbearing pride, and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet
girls are in need of financial security in the shape of husbands, so
when Darcy's friend, the affable Mr Bingley, forms an attachment to
Jane, Darcy becomes increasingly hard to avoid. Polite society will be
turned upside down in this witty drama of friendship, rivalry and love
- Jane Austen's classic romance novel.
· Voted the nation's favourite book by the British public.
· Now a major film starring Keira Knightly.
· Adapted for TV in the well-loved 1995 BBC drama starring Colin
Firth.
· If you like this you might like: Sense and Sensibility
Who is Jane Austen? Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16
December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in
Hampshire. She began writing
Pride and Prejudice
when she was twenty-two years old. Originally called
First
Impressions,
it was initially rejected by publishers and only published in 1813 after
much revision. All four of her novels published in her lifetime were
published anonymously. Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817.
Northanger Abbey
and
Persuasion
were published posthumously.
