Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen
- Release Date: 1813-01-28
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Jane Austen’s beloved classic opens with this witty and very memorable line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” With all the twists and turns of a soap opera, Pride and Prejudice chronicles the drama that ensues when the wealthy bachelor Mr. Darcy moves close to the Bennet family home in the English countryside. The news of his arrival sends the socially ambitious Mrs. Bennet-whose main concern is finding suitable matches for her five daughters-into overdrive.
The book’s main character, the high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet, is a strikingly modern heroine: a woman who refuses to lower her expectations or transform herself to suit society’s norms. Austen’s novel achieves a remarkable balance, serving up barbed criticism of the obsession with money, status, and matrimony even as it draws us into a swoon-worthy love story. At its heart, Pride and Prejudice is a romantic comedy, and a darned great one at that. It’s so much fun to turn the pages and wonder about Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy: Will they or won’t they overcome their excessive pride and initial prejudices to make a happily-ever-after connection?
Reviews
Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, is a good read
5By Handy-with-toolsSometimes reviewers use the term, ‘timeless,’ to describe a work. Jane Austin’s novel from 1813 deserves such praise. For the most part the language from that period is still in common use, though there are some words, plot vehicles, and turns of phrase that date the novel. However, if one doesn’t know a particular word here or there then the general meaning can be understood from context, or the word can simply be looked up. The turns of phrase enhance the story rather than detracts while the plot vehicles provide glimpses into the day-to-day lives of people living in that place and time. The novel has details, twists and turns that make it highly entertaining and worth spending the time to read.A good romance classic
5By reagan m petersonElizabeth and Darcy both have amazing character development. With good drama through the family of younger sisters.Jane Austen freshest masterpiece
5By telaborWell fit for reading and rereading. Austen is masterful.Very good book.
5By 7Aaron1I found myself relating to the characters and my own life situationsEngaging
5By Deb from MarylandGreat characters and I enjoyed the development of the story through dialogue.Pride and Prejudice
4By LoveequalsdeathI still love everything about this book and I watched the 2005 movie directly after reading this and it made me love the book a lot more the only character that I didn’t really like was the mother. She talked WAY TOO MUCH for my liking.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5By MKD2016My all time favourite book.. a must read for someone wanting to delve into the classics..It’s a book!
4By WowanicknamessdfTest test testDifficult reading
3By ceskadianaI enjoyed watching Pride & Prejudice in the BBC series and in film, but Austen’s writing style was difficult to read. She gave some of her characters very long diatribes to recite, which were difficult to comprehend, due to her use of archaic English, and very complicated terminology. Many times I had difficulty following which character was speaking, since she rarely told us who was the speaker. I plowed through to the end, to see if her ending was better than the film and BBC ones, and I was disappointed that her ending was so blah. If this is her best work, I will never read any of her other ones.Me and my mom’s favorite!
5By Averly M.Absolutely a MUST-READ! Jane Austen outdid herself with this. Anyone that likes classics MUST read pride and prejudice!Chef
5By family2152So well written!Different
4By Library_DaveI enjoyed this because it is written in a style that is not used very much anymore. The story progresses mainly through dialogue rather than descriptions. There were a few times that I had to reread a section due to antiquated sentence structure.5/5
5By Dylan MTThis book is truly beautiful. Originally, it took me a while to actually sacrifice my leisure, but it was all worth it. Every single character meant so much to me, because they all had different dispositions that fit together like a puzzle piece. I love the way that most of the characters are dynamic, and how they changed over time. There is not a thing I would change about this book, and would recommend it to a great degree.Wonderful book😍❤️❤️💕
5By soph23498It is such a great book one reason I like it is because it has my middle name in it Elizabeth and she sound just like mePerfect
5By DanM333This is the first novel I’ve ever read in English and it happened to be a perfect choice for the first book after newsfeeds and compulsive doomscrolling. Light subtle humour and short chapters gave me a good hand in navigating through the story. It is magnificent in its form and content, but makes even more sense if the reader precedes it with making acquaintance of the authors biography or watching the recent bbc movie about her, which is also good. The context will help to see many curious things left hidden under the water. Thanks to the AppStore for letting me read this at their charge.yay
5By Pwmsuzoksrnhfyay!Great story
5By Chimzy WaliGreat book! 💛Hours well spent
5By IevgeniiaSplendid read…captivating, difficult to put downNever tire of rereading this book
5By loyaljaniteThis is probably my fourth or fifth rereading of Pride and Prejudice and it never fails to delight. Each time I find chapters that I hadn’t really read in depth before. And so I can marvel once again at the skill of the author in characterization, language, plotting…everything. Thank you Jane. Again.
