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Introduction and Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood, University of Sussex. ’Pride and Prejudice’, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, ’Pride and Prejudice’ has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language.

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Writer

Jane Austen

Language

English

ISBN

9781853260001

Number of pages

352

Category

Pride And Prejudice - Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
The pride of any mother is to give birth to a responsible and successful child.