| Description |
1 online resource (lxxx, 540 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Cambridge edition of the works of Jane Austen |
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Works. 2005.
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| Contents |
Cover -- COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- SERIES-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHRONOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION -- Inception -- Publishing history -- The title -- The heroine -- The author's reading -- Inner circle -- The entail -- Time of the narrative -- Critical history -- Artistic qualities -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE -- CORRECTIONS AND EMENDATIONS TO 1813 TEXT -- APPENDIX 1 Thomas Egerton and the publication history -- APPENDIX 2 Legal and military background -- APPENDIX 3 Pemberley and its models -- APPENDIX 4 Note on the second and third editions of Pride and Prejudice -- ABBREVIATIONS -- EXPLANATORY NOTES -- A note on notes |
| Summary |
'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.' With this famous declaration Jane Austen launches into the story of the five Bennet sisters. It is a story that on first reading is full of suspense, surprise and, ultimately, satisfaction, and which on re-reading commands, in addition, admiration for the author's supreme skill in managing a deceptively complex plot to its triumphant conclusion. First published in 1813, and Austen's most popular novel in her own lifetime, Pride and Prejudice has since been widely recognised as one of the finest novels in the English language. The volume provides comprehensive explanatory notes, an extensive critical introduction covering the context and publication history of the work, a chronology of Austen's life, and an authoritative textual apparatus. This edition is an indispensable resource for all scholars and readers of Austen |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social classes -- Fiction
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Young women -- Fiction
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Courtship -- Fiction
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Sisters -- Fiction
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Courtship
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Sisters
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Social classes
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Young women
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| SUBJECT |
England -- Fiction
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| Subject |
England
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| Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction
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Domestic fiction
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Fiction
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Love stories.
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Domestic fiction.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rogers, Pat, 1938-
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| ISBN |
0511239785 |
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9780511239786 |
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0511247281 |
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9780511247286 |
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051124052X |
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9780511240522 |
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0511241046 |
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9780511241048 |
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9780511242342 |
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0511242344 |
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9786610568055 |
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6610568057 |
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9780521825146 |
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0521825148 |
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