Pride and Prejudice (Vintage Collector’s Classics)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is the most beloved novel in the English language — a perfect comedy of manners, a sharp social satire, and one of the great love stories ever written. When Elizabeth Bennet meets the proud, wealthy Mr Darcy, their mutual antipathy seems insurmountable. But Austen’s genius lies in showing how first impressions mislead and how genuine understanding, between people and across class lines, requires the willingness to be wrong about oneself. Published in 1813, the novel remains startlingly modern: its wit is razor-sharp, its social observation precise, and its heroine — independent, intelligent, and unwilling to marry for anything less than love — is as compelling today as she was two centuries ago. Published in a beautiful new edition, this is the perfect introduction to one of literature’s greatest writers and her most irresistible novel.