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Pride and prejudice / Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction by Tony Tanner.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: Harmondsworth, Middlesex ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1985.Description: 398 pages ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0140430725
  • 9780140430721
  • 9780141439518
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.7
LOC classification:
  • PR4034 .P75 1985
Contents:
Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Pride and Prejudice -- Notes.
Summary: Much has been said of the light and sparkling side of Pride and - the delicious social comedy, the unerring dialogue, the satisfying love stories and its enchanting and spirited heroine. Nonetheless, the novel is also about deeper issues in which Jane Austen demonstrates her belief that the truly civilized being maintains a proper balance between reason and energy. As Tony Tanner remarks in his stimulating introduction: 'Since to stress one at the expense of the other can either way mean loss, both to self and society, the picture of achieved congruence between them offered in Pride and Prejudice is of unfading relevance. It is perhaps no wonder that it has also proved capable of giving eternal delight.'
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Introduction -- Note on the Text -- Pride and Prejudice -- Notes.

Much has been said of the light and sparkling side of Pride and - the delicious social comedy, the unerring dialogue, the satisfying love stories and its enchanting and spirited heroine. Nonetheless, the novel is also about deeper issues in which Jane Austen demonstrates her belief that the truly civilized being maintains a proper balance between reason and energy. As Tony Tanner remarks in his stimulating introduction: 'Since to stress one at the expense of the other can either way mean loss, both to self and society, the picture of achieved congruence between them offered in Pride and Prejudice is of unfading relevance. It is perhaps no wonder that it has also proved capable of giving eternal delight.'

Patron comment on 04/01/2026

Pride and Prejudice feels both modern and classic, and presents detailed and grounded characters and relationships that feel fresh, even on the 15th reread!

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