Аннотация: Pride and Prejudice

«It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.» So begins Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's perfect comedy of manners-one of the most popular novels of all time-that features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues. «Pride and Prejudice seems as vital today as ever, » writes Anna Quindlen in her introduction to this Modern Library edition. «It is a pure joy to read.» Eudora Welty agrees: «The gaiety is unextinguished, the irony has kept its bite, the reasoning is still sweet, the sparkle undiminished. [It is] irresistible and as nearly flawless as any fiction could be.» This volume is the companion to the BBC television series, a lavish production aired on the Arts and Entertainment Network. The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foun-dation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hard-bound editions of important works of liter-ature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torchbearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inau-gurating a new program of selecting titles. The ModernLibrary continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices.

Издательство	Wordsworth
Автор/составитель	Остен (Остин) Джейн
Серия	Wordsworth classics
Год выпуска	2007
Кол-во страниц	329
ISBN	978-1-85326-000-1
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Вес	255г
Формат	21 x 13 cm
Тираж	1000
Возрастная категория	16+