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1898 PRIDE & PREJUDICE JANE AUSTEN 2 VOLS COLOR ILLUS!!
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THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Jane Austen; 1898, August, 1901; Fourth Edition; London, J.M. Dent & Company; Illustrated; 191, 210 Pages; Vol.III, IV, Part of Bigger Set Complete in Itself; 4.7"x 7"; Rare!! Great for any Fan of the Author or Collector. Highly Collectible; Complete in Two Volumes; Her Most Famous Work!!! Attributes: Two Charming, sleek light grey cloth cover designs with pretty green pictorial to fronts and bindings, with nice gold labeling and initials to back, rustic page edges, gold tops of pages, with pretty intialed end pages and two Wonderful color frontispieces and great title page designs with 10 other wonderful Color Illustrations each with tissue guards, and with some pretty smaller woodcuts, and a Legendary Classic from the Famed Author!!! Summary: Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen . First published on 28 January 1813, it was her second published novel. Its manuscript was initially written between 1796 and 1797 in Steventon, Hampshire , w Austen lived in the rectory . Originally called First Impressions , it was never published under that title, and in following revisions it was retitled Pride and Prejudice . Elizabeth Bennet, one of the five daughters of a country gentleman in 19th-century Hertfordshire , England , faces a dilemma in her future – as their father's property is entailed to a male heir upon his death, they will be turned out of their house and left to fend for themselves unless she and her sisters can find advantageous husbands, something which consumes her mother. An opportunity arrives in the form of Mr. Bingley, a wealthy young gentleman who takes a country estate near to the Bennet's home, accompanied by his sisters and his good friend Fitzwilliam Darcy. Was Bingley is well-liked in the community, Darcy begins his acquaintance with Elizabeth, her family, and their neighbours with smug condescension and proud distaste for all of the country people; despite Mrs. Bennet's embarrassing interference Mr. Bingley and Jane begin to grow closer. Elizabeth, stung by Darcy's haughty rejection of her at a local dance, makes it a point to match his coldness with her own venom. When the militia arrive in the town, earning the admiration of Elizabeth's flighty and immature younger sisters, Elizabeth begins a friendship with Mr. Wickham, a charming soldier with a prior acquaintance with Darcy. Upon hearing Wickham's story of his misfortune at the hands of Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth immediately seizes upon it as another, more concrete reason to hate Mr. Darcy. Unbeknown to her, Darcy finds himself gradually drawn to Elizabeth. Background:Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose realism , biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech , burlesque , and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature . Austen lived her entire life as part of a small and close-knit family located on the lower fringes of English gentry . She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to Austen's development as a professional writer. Austen's artistic apprenticeship lasted from her teenage years until she was about thirty-five years old. During this period, she experimented with various literary forms, including the epistolary novel which she tried and then abandoned, and wrote and extensively revised three major novels and began a fourth. Condition: Conditions are Very Good. Small wear to edges, pages are very good/excellent, hinges/text block are very good. Small blemish to first page. Overall, for over 105 years old its in Very Good condition!!! !!PICTURES BELOW!!=======================================================When you think of buying a book, think about what you would normally pay for one at a normal bookstore ...
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