Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing lies in the depiction of manners, education, marriage, and money in the British Regency. an Interview with Professor John Staud John Staud currently serves as Executive Director of the University of Notre Dame’s ACE program. His scholarly activity has focused on the writings of Herman Melville, and prior to returning to Notre Dame, he taught British and American literature as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago and at Jesuit high schools in Chicago and Denver. The Mouse Book team paid Professor Staud a visit at his office in Notre Dame, and had a nice conversation with him about Melville, his perspective, and how the issues of his time had an influence on his w