This is a beautiful new edition of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". Complete and unabridged. Printed on high quality paper. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen "Robert Irvine's edition of Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a wonderfully illuminating text of an often misunderstood classic. Irvine's introduction is subtle, shrewd, and penetrating, offering a convincing historical and cultural interpretation of Austen's novel that will help readers to understand its full complexity." (John Richetti ) "Elizabeth and Darcy come to life rich, historical life in this brilliant Broadview edition. Thanks to a compelling introduction and capacious appendices, we can see how their private compromise enacts a public one: old and new wealth merge as the English appropriate their own elite 'as an aesthetic phenomenon' an appropriation that transforms national identity into a matter of 'culture.' Irvine's Pride and Prejudice matches a carefully annotated text with a critical frame that synthesizes the seemingly disparate strands political, socio-economic, feminist of recent Austen criticism." --Clifford Siskin This edition of the book is great as the author's original spelling has been left unchanged, and it's not full of appendixes and notes. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer This edition has good quality paper, is well laid out, nice clear print (not too small), and is very well bound 5 Star Amazon Reviewer I really like the style of this book. The hardback, has a nice texture, and reminds me of one of those books that were around in the 'Pride and Prejudice' time period (old-fashioned, vintage).. i like that :) I was very pleased with the useful notes and chronology information etc within this version, has helped me alot in understanding, further, this story etc. Was a very good purchase for a very good price. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer --5 Star Amazon Reviewer This edition of the book is great as the author's original spelling has been left unchanged, and it's not full of appendixes and notes. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer This edition has good quality paper, is well laid out, nice clear print (not too small), and is very well bound 5 Star Amazon Reviewer I really like the style of this book. The hardback, has a nice texture, and reminds me of one of those books that were around in the 'Pride and Prejudice' time period (old-fashioned, vintage).. i like that :) I was very pleased with the useful notes and chronology information etc within this version, has helped me alot in understanding, further, this story etc. Was a very good purchase for a very good price. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer --5 Star Amazon Reviewer This edition of the book is great as the author's original spelling has been left unchanged, and it's not full of appendixes and notes. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer This edition has good quality paper, is well laid out, nice clear print (not too small), and is very well bound 5 Star Amazon Reviewer I really like the style of this book. The hardback, has a nice texture, and reminds me of one of those books that were around in the 'Pride and Prejudice' time period (old-fashioned, vintage).. i like that :) I was very pleased with the useful notes and chronology information etc within this version, has helped me alot in understanding, further, this story etc. Was a very good purchase for a very good price. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer --5 Star Amazon Reviewer This edition of the book is great as the author's original spelling has been left unchanged, and it's not full of appendixes and notes. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer This edition has good quality paper, is well laid out, nice clear print (not too small), and is very well bound 5 Star Amazon Reviewer I really like the style of this book. The hardback, has a nice texture, and reminds me of one of those books that were around in the 'Pride and Prejudice' time period (old-fashioned, vintage).. i like that :) I was very pleased with the useful notes and chronology information etc within this version, has helped me alot in understanding, further, this story etc. Was a very good purchase for a very good price. 5 Star Amazon Reviewer --5 Star Amazon Reviewer Jane Austen (1775-1817) began her writing career composing stories and novels for her family as entertainment. Although she began to write Pride and Prejudice at the age of twenty-one, her first book to appear in print was Sense an Sensibility. All of her novels, including Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion, were published anonymously. Austen's identity as an author was announced after her death by her brother, Henry.