Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Fiction, Classics

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters. . . .Author: Jane AustenPublisher: Wildside PressPublished: 03/01/2004Pages: 348Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78dISBN: 9780809589968About the AuthorAusten, Jane: - "Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the